London : George Henderson, 2, Old Bailey, MDCCCXLV [1845]
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 52 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (ports.) ; 32 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7598 .B66 1845+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Each plate has an accompanying leaf with decorative border and reproduction of coats of arms printed on blue paper.Portraits and memoirs of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Charles Earl Grey, Sir Rorbert Peel, William Wilberforce, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, Daniel O'Connell, John Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer, Baron James Abercromby Dunfermline, John Russell, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquis of Lansdowne, Thomas William Coke, Earl of Leicester, John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst, and Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux.Illustrations by W. H. Mote, Charles Edward Wagstaff, Henry R. Cook, William Henry Egleton, William Holl, Francis Holl, Henry Byran Hall, John Henry Robinson, Joseph Brown; after Richard Robert Scanlan, James Stewart, Andrew Morton, and Felix Roffe.NSTC, 2B41084BAC: British Art Center copy bound in green textured cloth gilt and blind-stamped publisher's binding. Signed in ms. on front paste-down end paper: Caroline Stone. Signed in ms. on front fly leaf: Gerald Coff.
Subject Terms:
Portraits, British. | Engravings, British. | Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Henderson, G. -- Publisher. | Stone, Caroline -- Autograph. | Coff, Gerald -- Autograph. | Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852. | Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764–1845. | Peel, Robert, 1788–1850. | Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772–1863. | Wilberforce, William, 1759–1833. | Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792–1840. | O'Connell, Daniel, 1775–1847. | Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782–1845. | Dunfermline, James, 1776–1858. | Russell, J. (John), 1793–1863. | Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780–1863. | Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752–1842. | Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778–1868. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1845.
Contributors:
Mote, W. H., engraver. | Wagstaff, Charles Edward, 1808–1850, engraver. | Cook, Henry R., engraver. | Egleton, William Henry, active 1833–1862, engraver. | Holl, William, 1807–1871, engraver. | Holl, Francis, 1815–1884, engraver. | Hall, Henry Bryan, 1808–1884, engraver. | Robinson, John Henry, 1796–1871, engraver. | Brown, Joseph, fl. 1839–1859, engraver. | Scanlan, Robert Richard, ill. | Stewart, James, 1791–1863, ill. | Roffe, Felix, ill. | Morton, Andrew, 1802–1845, ill.