London interiors, [1841-1844]
- Title(s):
- London interiors: a grand national exhibition of the religious, regal, and civic solemnities, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes of the British capital; beautifully engraved on steel, from drawings made expressly for this work ... With descriptions written by official authorities.
- Published/Created:
- London, J. Mead [1841-1844]
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. in 1. front., ill., plates. 28 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 .L84+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 L84+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 L84+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 L84+ Copy 4 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 L84+ Copy 5 Oversize[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/579023
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engraved by T. H. Ellis, Edward Radclyffe, Henry Melville, John Shury, William Radclyffe, John Henry Le Keux, W. H. Fuge, T. Turnbull, and W. Taylor; after [Frederick William] Fairholt, John Gilbert, J. Holland, Llewellyn Jewitt, Frederick MacKenzie, George Belton Moore, Henry Melville, [Thomas] Rowlandson, Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, B. Sly, [George] Cattermole, [Edward] Dayes, Jarvis, William Lee, [Henry] MacManus, H. Jewitt, and [G. F.] Sargent.
Printed by Sears, 3 & 4, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.
Added t.-p., engraved, dated 1841; with G. Virtue given as publisher.
The plate "Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields, Celebration of High Mass on Christmas Day" includes a depiction of Agostino Aglio's panorama of the crucifixion, behind the chapel altar.
BAC: British Art Center has 5 copies. In copy 1, the frontispiece and a plate which should follow p. 28 (v. 2) are bound in following p. 186 (v. 1); copy 2 wanting t.-p. and table of contents for v. 2. In addition, p. 104 of v. 2 is in a different setting of type in the two copies. Copy 1 has bookplates of George P. Gunnis, and Rupert Sackville [Gwynne]. Copy 3, wantingthe frontispiece, is v. 1 only.
BAC: Copy 5 bound in gold- and blind- stamped redpublisher's binding. Added engraved t.p.; with J. Mead as publisher. Imperfect: v. 2 wanting - Subject Terms:
- Gunnis, George P. -- Bookplate.Gwynne, Rupert Sackville, 1873–1924 -- Bookplate.London (England) -- Description and travel.London (England) -- Public buildings.
- Form/Genre:
- Wood engravings.
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