Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Britton, John, 1771-1857
Title:
A brief account of the Colosseum : in the Regent's Park, London: comprising a description of the building; the panoramic view from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral; the conservatory, &c.
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed for the proprietors, 1829.
Physical Description:
8 p. : 8 plates. ; 28 x 41 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D 15 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D 15 Copy 2

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D 15 Copy 3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Text printed by T. Bensley; plates printed by Englemann, Graf, Coindet & Co.

British Art Center has 3 copies.

Copy 3 has original printed paper wrappers bound in.

Signed: J.B. Ascribed to John Britton in Jones, T.E. A descriptive account of the literary works of John Britton. London, 1849, p. 85-6.

The panorama shown in the plates was done by Edward Thomas Parris, after Thomas Hornor.--Cf. Altick, R. The shows of London.
Subject Terms:
Colosseum (London, England) | Pensley, T. -- Printer. | Englemann, Graf, Coindet & Co. -- Printer. | Panoramas. | London (England) -- Pictorial works. | Lithography -- Specimens -- 1829.
Contributors:
Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844, ill. | Parris, E. T. (Edmund Thomas), 1793–1873, engraver.