[London] : Printed for Robert Sayer, at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter-Lane. Fleet Street & H. Overton, without Newgate, [ca. 1752?]
Physical Description:
12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS711 C55 1752+ OversizeYale 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/vufind/Record/2034810
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With engraved illustrations of palaces, pagodas, river scenes, a triumphal arch, and shops, along with city views of Peking and Canton.Caption title.Engravings by J. Couse; after Augustin Heckel.Robert Sayer published, circa 1752, several illustrated works concerning Chinese architecture, but these plates do not appear to belong to any of those known works.British Art Center copy contains 9 plates. Other known copies located in auction catalogs appear to contain 12 plates. Engraved throughout.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in later half morocco and marbled boards.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
China -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- China -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture, Chinese -- Early works to 1800. | Sayer, Robert -- Publisher | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1752.
Contributors:
Couse, J., engraver. | Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690–1770, ill. | Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794, publisher.
