Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856

Title:

View of the entrance of the River Exe [graphic] : taken from the Beacon Hill, Exmouth / H. Haseler delt ; F.C. Lewis sculp.

Alternate Title(s):

To the Right Honble. Lord Rolle, this view of the entrance of the River Exe, taken from the Beacon Hill, Exmouth is by permission most respectfully inscribed by his Lordship's most obedient & very obliged humble servant, John Wallis

Published / Created:

Sidmouth : Published 1st Augt. 1818 by the proprietor, John Wallis, and sold at Croydon's Library, Teignmouth, Gore's, Dawlish, and Ewen's Exmouth, 1818.

Physical Description:

1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 33 x 92 cm, rolled to 33 x 5 cm (scroll format)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2016 22a
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Prints

Notes:

Full title (at foot): To the Right Honble. Lord Rolle, this view of the entrance of the River Exe, taken from the Beacon Hill, Exmouth is by permission most respectfully inscribed by his Lordship's most obedient & very obliged humble servant, John Wallis

Aquatint by Frederick Christian Lewis; after Henry Haseler.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 470

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Paper on linen. On contemporary wooden dowel.

Subject Terms:

Exe River (England) -- Pictorial works. | Exmouth (England) -- Pictorial works. | Rivers -- England -- Pictorial works. | Wallis, John -- Publisher.

Form/Genre:

Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1818. | Panoramas -- England -- Exe River. | Scrolls -- England -- 19th century.

Contributors:

Haseler, Henry, ill. | Wallis, John, 1780?-1830, publisher.