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19. The British sketch book; containing select views of the most interesting and picturesque landscapes, ancient buildings, churches, castles, antiquarian remains, &c. from drawings made expressly for this work, by Sherlock, Fisher, Whittock, Greenshields, Balfour, and other eminent artists, accompanied by concise topographical descriptions and remarks, historical, biographical, and traditional. No. 1.

Creator:: Rycot, J. M.
Published / Created:: 1828.
Call Number:: 724 828R
Image Count:: 11
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: 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
Subject (Geographic):: England., England, and London.
Subject (Topic):: Castles & palaces, Abbeys, and Bridges
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The British sketch book; containing select views of the most interesting and picturesque landscapes, ancient buildings, churches, castles, antiquarian remains, &c. from drawings made expressly for this work, by Sherlock, Fisher, Whittock, Greenshields, Balfour, and other eminent artists, accompanied by concise topographical descriptions and remarks, historical, biographical, and traditional. No. 1.

20. The east prospect of the abby of St. Peter & of the parish church of St. Margaret, Westminster [graphic]

Creator:: Cole, Benjamin, 1696 or 7-1783, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1756?]
Call Number:: Topos L847 no. 120+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: East prospect of the abbey of St. Peter & of the parish church of St. Margaret, Westminster
Description:: Title from text below image. and Questionable date of publication from manuscript annotation in pencil at bottom on sheet.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England, London., and London (England)
Subject (Name):: Westminster Abbey, and St. Margaret's Church (Westminster, London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Churches and Abbeys
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The east prospect of the abby of St. Peter & of the parish church of St. Margaret, Westminster [graphic]

21. The inside of Westminster Abby Le neff de L'Abaie de Westminster / [graphic] =

Creator:: Bowles, Thomas, -1767, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:: 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
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The inside of Westminster Abby Le neff de L'Abaie de Westminster / [graphic] =

22. The inthronization of Their Majesties also, a view of the west end of the choir of St. Peters in Westminster, and of the manner of placing and seating the company in that part of the choir. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [between 1752 and 1764]
Call Number:: 752.00.00.22
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "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,
Subject (Topic):: Coronation, Abbeys, and Coronations
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The inthronization of Their Majesties also, a view of the west end of the choir of St. Peters in Westminster, and of the manner of placing and seating the company in that part of the choir. [graphic]

23. VI drawings by H.W. Burgess presented to his much esteemed pupil Miss Bell. [graphic]

Creator:: 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
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > VI drawings by H.W. Burgess presented to his much esteemed pupil Miss Bell. [graphic]

24. [A pictorial tour in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire] [art original].

Creator:: Haddow, J., artist
Published / Created:: [1820s?]
Call Number:: 62 Y82 825
Image Count:: 30
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An album of pencil sketches of historic buildings and grounds in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, presumably executed during a tour, beginning in North Yorkshire, then South Yorkshire, and ending in Nottinghamshire. Most drawings are identified. Only one drawing is signed: "J. Haddow". The front flyleaf gives mileage between towns and villages beginning with Rotherham and continuing through Derbyshire and what is now Greater Manchester and finally to Ulverston (Lanscashire), perhaps a clue to the start and end of the trip; below this list is a sketch of a tree (orientation, reversed). The drawings, many over the two-page openings, include; three sketches of the ruins of Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire; one sketch of parkland from Goldsborough Hall, North Yorkshire, followed by thirteen blank leaves; four sketches of Osberton Hall, Notinghamshire; three sketches of Tickhill Castle, South Yorkshire; twelve sketches of Sandbeck Park, South Yorkshire that include the ruins of Roche Abbey; and finally, a small sketch of the gate at Sandbeck Park on the back flyleaf (verso).
Description:: In English., Title devised by cataloger. Dated approximately., The album includes 42 leaves, approximately 13 of which are blank. Bound in the original light brown paper-covered boards, flat spine., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Northamptonshire (England), Yorkshire (England), England., England, Nottinghamshire., and Yorkshire.
Subject (Topic):: Abbeys, Castles & palaces, Houses, and Ruins
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A pictorial tour in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire] [art original].

25. [Adelaide entering in disguise the Abbey of La Trappe, hears her lovers voice in the choir] [graphic].

Creator:: Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not after 20 October 1782]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 123. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A girl dressed in male clothing, starting with a startled expression and thrusting her right arm forward as she stands between two monks, others seen from behind exiting through a door ..., another ringing a bell through an arch at [left], the choir beyond; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:: Title from later state., Artist from statement of responsibility on later state: H. Bunbury Esqr. delint., Printmaker identified as Dickinson in the British Museum online catalogue., Proof before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, verses, and imprint "London, Publish'd Octr. 20th, 1782, by W. Dickinson ..." below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1893,0731.62., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 123 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: W. Dickinson
Subject (Name):: Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Abbeys, Monks, Doors & doorways, and Bells
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Adelaide entering in disguise the Abbey of La Trappe, hears her lovers voice in the choir] [graphic].

26. [Album of watercolors of the countryside around Weston Sands House] [art original].

Creator:: Tomes, John, 1791-1863, artist
Published / Created:: [ca. 1818-1850]
Call Number:: Folio 75 T656 818
Image Count:: 96
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An album of watercolors assembled by the gentleman farmer and amateur artist John Tomes showing views of his manor house Weston Sands House and the surrounding countryside. Tomes recorded his estate from many angles and in all seasons as well as picturesque spots in the neighbouring countryside, including several views of the River Avon which bordered his estate. Also included are a series of watercolors taken on a trip to the Isle of Wight. There is also a view of Windsor Castle (?) across the Thames and many watercolors of medieval ruins, abbeys, and castles. Tomes also copied a number of Turner prints from the ‘Liber Studiorum’ (published 1807-1819) and his ‘Picturesque views on the Southern Coast’ (published 1814-1826).
Alternative Title:: Sketches by John Tomes, Weston Sands
Description:: Title supplied by cataloger, based on dealer's description., All but two of the drawings are pasted on the rectos of the album leaves; some have pencil manuscript notes giving the location of the subject; some of the first watercolors mounted on the first pages of the album are dated '1818'., Bound in contemporary rust-colored hard grain half morocco and marbled sides, with gilt lettered morocco label 'Sketches by John Tomes - Weston Sands' to front cover, white moirés silk pastedown., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Warwickshire (England) and Isle of Wight (England)
Subject (Name):: Turner, J. M. W. 1775-1851 (Joseph Mallord William), and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):: Influence, Castles & palaces, Abbeys, Ruins, Estates, and Rivers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Album of watercolors of the countryside around Weston Sands House] [art original].

27. [Sketchbook recording a tour in North Wales] [graphic].

Creator:: Graham, Elizabeth Susanna Davenport, 1762 or 1763-1844, artist
Published / Created:: August & Septr. 1790.
Call Number:: 75 G739 790
Image Count:: 44
Abstract:: An album containing drawings of castles, ruins, abbeys, landscapes, roads, and bridges drawn by the artist while on tour in northern Wales in August and September 1790, the year before her marriage. Most of the drawings are titled with names of places visited and are listed on the front flyleaf. On the verso of the fifth drawing, sometime after 1826, the artist has written a short piece entitled "Recollections" in which she compares travelling in Wales in 1790 to the last trip she took in 1826
Description:: Elizabeth Susanna Davenport (1764-1844) was a writer known for her books written for children. She married lawyer Thomas Graham (1751-1814)., Binding: Marble boards, half-leather, with wax seal and stamped with the initiials ESD [i.e. Elizabeth Susanna Davenport]., In the artist's hand on front pastedown: "This is for THF" [i.e. her son Thomas Henry Graham]., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Wales and Wales.
Subject (Topic):: Abbeys, Bridges, and Castles & palaces
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketchbook recording a tour in North Wales] [graphic].