Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Costumes of the Canary Islands.
Published / Created:
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1829.
Physical Description:
[7] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DP302.C397 C67 1829+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DP302.C397 C67 1829+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographs by William Fisk; after Alfred Diston. Printed by W. Day.

"Part I."--Cover. No more issued. See Abbey.

"Plain paper 9s. India 12. Single plates 1s. 6d."--Cover

Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 75

BAC: British Art Center copy has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in cream paper wrappers. Copy 2 in similar wrapper. Inscribed: Theo. Mitchell.
Contents:
Tapadas, or Walking dress, Canaries -- Winter dress of a native of Lanzarote -- Hat seller of Grand Canary -- Natives of Fuerteventura -- Militiaman of Grand Canary -- Manto y Saya, Canaries.
Subject Terms:
Costume -- Canary Islands. | Canary Islands -- Description and travel. | Mitchell, Theo. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1829.
Contributors:
Fisk, William, 1796–1872, lithographer. | Diston, Alfred, 1793–1861, ill. | Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.