West Loo, Cornwall [graphic]

Description

Title: West Loo, Cornwall [graphic]
Alternative Title: West Looe, Cornwall
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: [1822]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "View of the bay at West Looe, beach in foreground with three men repairing the bottom of one fishing boat with pitch and three men unloading baskets from another; river behind running from between the arches of a bridge at left to the sea at right, and low cliff jutting up behind with a small row of houses at centre; tree-covered hill behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from Grego.
Plate from: Rowlandson's sketches from nature. [London] : [publisher not identified], [1822].
Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 14 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.1 x 24 cm, on sheet 20.1 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Views
Etchings England London 1822
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Cornwall (England : County)
Subjects: Cornwall (England : County)
England > London > 1822
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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