Graphic illustrations of the Colosseum, Regent's Park, in five plates / from drawings by Gandy, Mackenzie, and other eminent artists.
Published / Created:
London : Published first of June, by R. Ackermann and Co., Strand; and at the Colosseum, Regent's Park, MDCCCXXIX [1829]
Physical Description:
5 prints in 1 volume : aquatint, etching ; sheets 43 x 33 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A D 16Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:207414
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Paper wrappers.Title from page [1] of publisher's printed wrappers. Each plate is described on pages [3]-[4] of the wrappers.Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 229Hyde, R. Panoramania, 67-71Hyde, R. Gilded scenes and shining prospects, 66-67Adams, B. London illustrated, 1604-1851, 160Comment, B. Panorama, 81Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 92
Contents:
I. Grand entrance to the Colosseum, Regent's Park -- II. South side of the grounds surrounding the Colosseum, Regent's Park -- III. The fountain surrounding a marble statue at the Colosseum, Regent's Park -- IV. The geometrical ascent to the galleries in the Coloseum [sic], Regent's Park -- V. Bird's eye view from the stair-case & the upper part of the pavilion, in the Coloseum [sic], Regent's Park
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Subject Terms:
Colosseum (London, England) | Panoramas.
Form/Genre:
Panoramas. | Aquatints.
Contributors:
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843, illustrator. | Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788–1854, illustrator. | Ackermann and Co., publisher.
