A view of the menagerie in the King's Private Road [graphic]
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17289095
Description
- Title
- A view of the menagerie in the King's Private Road [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- James Pilton's manufactory, King's Road, Chelsea, Middx. ...
- Creator
- Silvester, Richard William, 1769 or 1770-1842, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [between 1800 and 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- James Pilton
- Abstract
-
Trade card with all engraved text and with large (64 x 166 mm) engraved illustration at top showing aviaries and menagerie surrmounted by a coat of arms
- Description
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Title engraved above image.
Text below image continues: ... establish'd under the distinguished patronage of their Majesties & Royal Family. Pleasure ground fences on an improv'd principle, ... wrought iron gates, ..., libraries ..., hot houses, conservatories, & all kinds of horticultural buildings ..., menageries, ... as also stock’d with all kinds of pheasants, poultry & water fowl ..., awnings, varandahs, alcoves & summer retreats, aviaries, pheasantries & dove cotes, ... The warehouse No. 204, Piccadilly, London, near St. James's Church ...
Date from the years that James Pilton was active: ca. 1800-1820. See British Musem online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
For a variant trade card of James Pilton, using the same illustration but varying in text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,85.238.
Window mounted to 44 x 33 cm. For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Bogislav Winner; January 2020.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.5 x 18 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 800.00.00.106+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Views
Advertisements
Trade cards (advertising)
Ephemera
Etchings England London 1800 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image and text
- Subject (Name)
- Pilton, James, active approximately 1800-1820.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Zoos
Aviaries
Peafowl - Subjects
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Pilton, James, active approximately 1800-1820
Zoos
Aviaries
Peafowl
England > London > 1800
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 14864246
- Object ID (OID)
- 17289095
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