Picturesque tour of the River Thames : illustrated by twenty-four coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings taken on the spot / by William Westall and Samuel Owen.
Published / Created:
London : R. Ackermann, 1828.
Physical Description:
iv, [2], 169 p., [26] leaves of plates [(1) folded] : ill., map ; 35 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA670.T2 P53 1828+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsDA670.T2 P53 1828+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by James Baily, Charles Bentley, J. Fielding, and Richard Gilson Reeve; after Samuel Owen and William Westall. Map engraved by J. & J. Neale.Printed by L. Harrison, 5, Prince's-Street, Soho.Originally issued in 6 parts.Large paper copy.Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 503Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 435BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Henley Bridge listed in List of plates of copy 2 but missing in both copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in half green morocco. All plates in two states: uncolored and colored. Bookplate: Mexborough. Copy 2 is in the original 6 parts, in printed wrappers. Plates are in colored state only. Title page, preface, contents, and list of plates bound in after plates and before text in part 6. Bookplate: W.H. Harding, Madingley.
Contents:
Plates: Folding map of the River Thames -- Source of the Thames -- Oxford -- Park Place -- Cullum Court -- Maidenhead Bridge -- Windsor Castle -- Eton College -- Beaumont Lodge -- Staines Bridge -- Hampton House -- Popel's Villa, Twickenham -- Twickenham -- View from Richmond Hill -- Richmond -- St. Margarets, Twickenham -- Sion House -- Suspension bridge, Hammersmith -- Westminster Bridge -- Water Bridge -- Southward Bridge -- The Custom House -- Greenwich Hospital -- Gravesend -- Tilbury Fort -- Sheerness, The Crow Stone.
Subject Terms:
Thames River -- Description and travel. | Thames Valley (England) -- Description and travel. | Rivers -- England. | Bridges -- England. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. | Harrison, L. -- Printer. | Mexborough -- Bookplate. | Harding, W.A. -- Bookplate, Madingley. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1828.