Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Newhouse, Charles B., ca. 1805-1877
Title:
The roadsters album.
Published / Created:
London : Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, 1845.
Physical Description:
[17] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.N49 R63 1845+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.N49 R63 1845+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 407

Engraved throughout, including title page.

Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 346

Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 126

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in full gilt-tooled morocco, by Bickers & Son, London. Bookplate: Lucius Wilmerding.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in dark green half morocco and green cloth. Original purple cloth wrappers bound in at end. Armorial bookplate: John Croft Deverell. May be considered the first rare book collected by Paul Mellon (cf. Paul Mellon's legacy, p. 58).

Coaching scenes, by Charles B. Newhouse.
Contents:
Travelling in a hunting country. I hope you are not hurt much Sir? -- The roadsters album [engraved title] -- An unknown fare. All that luggage by the mail ma'am! quite impossible -- The drag is broke & we are on the bank -- Is the bottom pretty sound? -- A false start -- Taking an inside birth. It strike me we're going to have some rough weather -- No time to lose ma'am! here's the other coach close behind -- Hold hard! You have forgot the Lady! -- An aukward place in a frost -- I'm afraid we have now got into the ditch -- The sleepy gate-keeper -- The old grey loosed his trace again! -- Quite full sir! -- One mile from Gretna. Our Governor in sight! -- An arrival at Gretna, overtaken by the Guardian -- Going to the moors.
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Subject Terms:
Coaching (Transportation) -- Great Britain. | Carriages and carts -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Transportation -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Fores, Messrs. -- Publisher. | Wilmerding, Lucius, 1880–1949 -- Bookplate. | Deverell, John Croft -- Bookplate. | Bickers & Son -- Bookbinder.
Form/Genre:
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance) | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1845.