Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Banks, John Henry, 1816-1879

Title:

Panoramic view of Liverpool.

Published / Created:

London : Ackermann & Co., March 26th, 1847.

Physical Description:

1 print : steel engraving ; 55 x 81 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2009 4g
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Prints

Notes:

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 571

Hyde, R. Gilded scenes and shining prospects, 76

Muir, R. Bygone Liverpool, 87

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy.

"Ackermann's bird's-eye view of Liverpool is taken from a point above Birkenhead looking across the Mersey. Evidently it was designed to serve both as a print and a map. To present the maximum amount of detail, the artist has taken a certain amount of axionometric licence. A proof of the engraving in the British Museum carries fewer place names. A manuscript imprint inscribed on it reads: 'Drawn, engraved and published as the act directs by J.H. Banks, 7, Gt. Newport Strt. Long Acre, London.' ..."--Hyde.

Subject Terms:

Panoramas -- Specimens. | Liverpool (England) -- Pictorial works. | Liverpool (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.

Form/Genre:

Panoramas -- England -- Liverpool. | Views -- England -- Liverpool. | Steel engravings -- 1847.

Contributors:

Ackermann and Co., publisher.