A view of Newstead Abbey as seen from the front beyond the surrounding stone wall. Two boys, one leaning on the wall the other sitting on it, watch as a coach pulls around the circular drive, in the center of which stands a fountain
Description:
Title and artist from ms. note on verso in Horace Walpole's hand., Inscribed by artist in lower right corner of image: "J.C. Barrow.", Ms. note in pencil, in an unidentified hand, on mount below image: "In the summer of 1798, B. [i.e. Byron] took possession of Newstead Abbey. Drawing was bought at the sale of Horace Walpole's collection, Strawberry Hill, in the year 1842.", Probably part of the collection sold at the StrawberryHill sale, viii, 154, dispersed as described in A.T. Hazen's Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3678., and Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Nottinghamshire.
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 and Newstead Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Abbeys, Dwellings, and Historic buildings
"View of Westminster Abbey; the west entrance with the two towers on the right; Magdalen Church in the background behind trees to the leeft; a few figures outside abbey"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: A picturesque tour through the cities of London and Westminster. London: T. Malton, 1792 [i.e. 1802]., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement., and Mounted to 26 x 34 cm.
Title from caption below image., Imprint from impression at the Yale Center for British Art., Date of publication based on publisher's active dates. See British Museum online catalogue., A French copy in reverse of a print by Thomas Bowles published in 1753. See British Museum online catalogue., Text centered below image, possibly series numbering: 27e. Vue d'Optique Representant., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Description based on imperfect impression: imprint has been mostly erased from sheet and is illegible., and Mounted to 32 x 44 cm.
Eight topographical views, without text, showing Blenheim Palace; London Bridge; Netley Abbey; Windsor Castle; Ragland Castle; Shakespeare's birthplace; St. Ethelbert Tower, Canterbury; and St. Vincent's Rocks, Bristol
Description:
Title from lettepress text on original wrappers., Some plates with veritical orientation, others horizontal., "A number of this work, containing four views, will be published regularly every fortnight"--Front wrapper, following statement of responsibility., Possibly all that was published of a proposed series of plates and accompanying text., Perhaps produced as a specimen for booksellers; on the back wrapper, the publisher requests that "book and printsellers will forward orders for this work as early as possible for their subscribers, as they will be entitled to the earliest and best impressions.", The prints "Netley Abbey", "Ragland Caste", "St. Ethelbert Tower Canterbury" and "St. Vincents Rocks Clifton", with imprint statement: Printed by N. Whitlock, 14 Paternoster Row., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published for the proprietors, by B. Steill, 14, Paternoster-Row and sold by all book and printsellers
published according to act of Parliament, Aug. 1, 1753.
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 173. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of Westminster Abbey looking down the nave towards the organ, with groups of elegantly dressed figures in foreground
Alternative Title:
Inside of Westminster Abbey and Neff de L'Abaie de Westminster
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Titled 'The Inside of Westminster Abbey, by Bowles, 1753' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated on bottom edge, resulting in slight loss of imprint statement., Title in English and French, with remaining text in English., Folded to 28.3 x 23.7 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 173 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhill, Rob. Sayer in Fleetstreet & H. Overton without Newgate
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, London (England), and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Church buildings, Abbeys, Interiors, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
"James II and Mary of Modena enthroned in Westminster Abbey during the king's coronation."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8), this state published later. The print in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'W Sherwin sculp'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Enthronization of Their Majesties
Description:
Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Publisher from imprint statements on the first and fourth plates of the series. Date of publication based on "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., and Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
T. Bowles and John Bowles & Son
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718,, and Westminster Abbey,
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792-1844, artist
Published / Created:
1817.
Call Number:
Folio 633 817 B955
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An album of seven pencil sketches, mounted with a neat ink borders. beginning with a title page, a view in a grove with trees and with two figures (one seated and pointing, the other with a portfolio under his arm) in conversation and a rock, the face of which is inscribed with the album title. The six drawings folllowing are romanticised topographical subjects including castles, gates, and ecclesiastical buildings, in ruins, enveloped in trees and foliage, from the vantage point of a river or allong the roadside
Alternative Title:
Six drawings by H.W. Burgess and 6 drawings by H.W. Burgess
Description:
William Henry Burgess (circa 1792-1844), landscape painter to William IV and the teacher of John Leech and Thackeray., In English., Title from title page drawing., Miss Bell unidentified., Bound in contemporary blue straight grain morocco, with decorated boards, upper cover lettered in gilt., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Drawing, British, Abbeys, Castles & palaces, and Religious facilities