The seats of the nobility and gentry : in a collection of the most interesting & picturesque views / engraved by W. Watts, from drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.
Published / Created:
[Chelsea] : Published by W. Watts, Kemp's Row, Chelsea, January 1st, 1779 [i.e. 1779-1786]
Physical Description:
[172] p., LXXXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by William Watts; after Charles George Perceval, George Barret, William Beilby, William Brooks, Adam Callander, John (?) Carter, Thomas Chubbard, David Dalby, Anthony Thomas Devis, William Donn, J. Feary, John Alexander Gresse, Thomas Hearne, William Hodges, James Luttrell, Thomas Malton, C.M. Metz, John Claude Nattes, Frederick Ponsonby, John Dawson Earl of Portarlington, Humphry Repton, John Inigo Richards, George Robertson, Michael Angelo Rooker, Paul Sandby, Thomas Sandby, Samuel Stringer, Charles Steuart, William Tomkins, and Richard Wilson.
Subject Terms:
Country homes -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Historic buildings -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture, Domestic -- Early works to 1800. | Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Homes and haunts -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Historic buildings -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Historic houses, etc. | Watts, W. -- Publisher. | Aristocracy (Political science) -- Great Britain -- Homes and haunts -- Early works to 1800. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1779–1786.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1779. | Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century. | Subscribers' lists. | Publishers' advertisements.
Contributors:
Shepherd, Henry, active 1779–1788, engraver. | Arden, Charles George Perceval, Baron, 1756–1840, ill. | Barret, George, approximately 1767–1842, ill. | Beilby, William, 1740–1819, ill. | Brooks, William, active 1780–1801, ill. | Callander, Adam, ill. | Carter, John, 1748–1817, ill. | Chubbard, Thomas, 1738 or 1739–1809, ill. | Daulby, Daniel, ill. | Devis, Anthony Thomas, 1729–1816, ill. | Donn, William, active 1770–1775, ill. | Feary, J. (John), ill. | Gresse, John Alexander, 1741–1794, ill. | Hearne, Thomas, 1744–1817, ill. | Hodges, William, 1744–1797, ill. | Luttrell, James, 1751 or 1752–1788, ill. | Malton, Thomas, 1748–1804, ill. | Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755–1827, ill. | Nattes, John Claude, 1765?-1822, ill. | Ponsonby, Frederick, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, 1758–1844, ill. | Portarlington, John Dawson, Earl of, 1744–1798, ill. | Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818, ill. | Richards, John Inigo, 1731–1810, ill. | Robertson, George, 1747 or 1748–1788, ill. | Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1746–1801, ill. | Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809, ill. | Sandby, Thomas, 1723–1798, ill. | Stringer, Samuel, -approximately 1784, ill. | Steuart, Charles, active 1762–1790, ill. | Tomkins, William, approximately 1732–1792, ill. | Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782, ill.