Yale Center for British Art

Title:
New copper plate magazine : containg select views of noblemens and gentlemens seats in England : taken from original drawings.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by J. Barker, Great Russell Street, Covent Garden, for J. Edwards, Pall Mall, [1789-1796]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [78] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1714 .N49 1789+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Most of the engravings are by John and William Walker, after John Throsby. Also includes a small number of engravings by J. Wigley or John Digby Curtis.

Plates have imprints in the form of "Publish'd by J. Throsby, Leicester, Sep. 4th. 1789, & sold by Wm. [or W. & J.] Walker, [Engravers], [No. 16] Rosoman's St. [or Street], London. Dated at irregular intervals from 4 Sept. 1789 to 1 June 1796.

Plate numbering is irregular.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards.

Comprised predominently of engraved views of houses in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, from drawings by John Throsby.
Subject Terms:
Historic buildings -- England -- Leicestershire -- Pictorial works. | Historic buildings -- England -- Nottinghamshire -- Pictorial works. | Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Leicestershire -- Pictorial works. | Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Nottinghamshire -- Pictorial works. | Leicestershire (England) -- Pictorial works. | Nottinghamshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Periodicals -- England -- 18th century. | Viewbooks -- Great Britain -- 1786-1788.
Contributors:
Curtis, John Digby, 1775–1837, engraver. | Walker, John, active 1784–1802, engraver. | Walker, William, 1729–1793, engraver. | Wigley, J., engraver. | Rooke, Hayman, 1722–1806, ill. | Smith, Thomas, -1767. | Throsby, John, 1740–1803.