Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863
Title:
Myriorama : a collection of many thousand landscapes / designed by Mr. Clark.
Published / Created:
London : Samuel Leigh, 1824.
Physical Description:
16 cards aquating ; box 23 x 16 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 M9 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 M9 Copy 2 Flat A

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has two copies of part one. Copy two is imperfect: its case and the flyer are wanting.

Hand-coloured aquatints on 16 numbered cards that can be put together in any order to create a continuous panorama.

Issued in a tray and lid box.

Title from box.

Hyde, R. "Myrioramas, endless landscapes." In Print Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4 (2004), p. 419

Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 53

Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is in original case, with flyer.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 lacks original case and flyer.
Exhibition History:
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
Form/Genre:
Myrioramas. | Recreations -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Leigh, Samuel, publisher.