Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dayes, Edward, 1763-1804
Title:
The works of the late Edward Dayes : containing An excursion through the principal parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire / with illustrative notes by E.W. Brayley ; essays on painting ; instructions for drawing and coloring landscapes ; and professional sketches of modern artists.
Published / Created:
London : Published by Mrs. Dayes ... [and 8 others], 1805.
Physical Description:
[9], 359 p., [10] leaves of plate : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NJ18.D2985 A12 1805+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NJ18.D2985 A12 1805+ Copy 2 Oversize

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NJ18.D2985 A12 1805+ Copy 3 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NJ18.D2985 A12 1805+ Copy 4 Oversize

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by William Holl, William Bernard Cooke, George Cooke, Joseph Clarendon Smith, William Angus, Samuel Noble, and John Roffe; after Edward Dayes.

Added engraved title page.

The Essays on painting were first published in the Philosophical magazine.

Printed by T. Malden, Sherbourn Lane, Lombard Street.

BAC: British Art Center has 4 copies. Copy 1 has mss. index tipped in and signed: John Brown of Blenheim St., Newcastle Tyne, 1864. Copy 2 is extra-illustrated, and includes some plates in proof state; with bookplate of Charles Rugge Price. Copy 3 signed: H. Walkey. Copy 4 is bound in contemporary marbled boards; rebacked. Bookplates: Sydney Thompson, 1883.
Subject Terms:
Painting -- Great Britain. | Drawing -- Great Britain. | Artists -- Great Britain. | Derbyshire (England) -- Description and travel. | Yorkshire (England) -- Description and travel. | Dayes, Mrs. -- Publisher. | Malden, T. -- Printer. | Brown, John -- Autograph. | Price, Charles Rugge -- Bookplate. | Walkey, H. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1805. | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:
Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854. | Angus, William, 1752–1821, engraver. | Cooke, George, 1781–1834, engraver. | Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855, engraver. | Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804. Excursion through the principal parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire. | Holl, William, 1771–1838, engraver. | Noble, Samuel, 1779–1853, engraver. | Roffe, John, 1769–1850, engraver. | Smith, Joseph Clarendon, 1778–1810, engraver.