Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Spilsbury, F. B. (Francis B.)
Title:
Picturesque scenery in the Holy Land and Syria : delineated during the campaigns of 1799 and 1800 / by F.B. Spilsbury ...
Published / Created:
London : Published by Edward Orme ... 59, New Bond Street, 1803.

[London] : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland Row
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 42, [2] pages, [1], 1, II-X, XII, XII, XIV, XIV, 18, [1], XVII, 20, XVI leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 50 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2022 44
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Last page blank.

Etched by Jeakes, H. Merke, J.C. Stadler, and Vivares, and engraved by Nivares and Bell, after F.B. Spilsbury, Dl. Orme, and Chandler.

Plate after plate 18 contains "No." followed by faded or unprinted page number.

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 381

BAC Folio A 2022 44: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. Bound in later calf, with title stamped in gold on spine and gilt stamp on front cover. Armorial binding: Sir Watkins Williams Wynn Bart.
Subject Terms:
Middle East -- Description and travel. | Israel -- Pictorial works. | Palestine -- Pictorial works. | Syria -- Pictorial works. | Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772–1840 -- Armorial binding.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints. | Stipple engravings. | Hand coloring. | Mezzotints. | Soft-ground etchings.
Contributors:
Orme, Edward, 1775–1848, publisher. | Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735–approximately 1810, engraver. | Orme, Daniel, 1766–1837, illustrator. | Jeakes, Joseph, etcher. | Merke, Henri, etcher. | Stadler, Joseph Constantine, etcher. | W. Bulmer and Co., printer.