Views in London and its vicinity / complete in forth-eight plates, engraved on copper by George Cooke ; from drawing by Calcott, R.A., Stanfield, A.R.A., Prout, Roberts, Stark, Harding, Cotman, Havell, &c. &c. ; after original sketches made on the spot by Edward W. Cooke.
Alternate Title(s):
London and its vicinity : to the extent of about twenty miles
Published / Created:
London : Longman and Co. : [1826]-1834.Barnes, Surrey : Mrs. G. Cooke, [1826]-1834.
Physical Description:
12 pt. (48 prints, [3], 7 p.) : ill. : 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Comprises 48 full-page engravings with guard sheets, accompanied by letterpress "Descriptions of the plates" (8 p.). Thirteen views credited to E.W. Cooke in the descriptions. For discussion, cf. Mundy, John. Edward William Cooke. 1996, p. 39-40.
Contents:
Stratford, Bow -- London Bridge from Bankside -- Hornsey -- Clock House. St. Albans -- Windsor in 1812 -- Ship breaking. Opposite Wapping -- Sessions House. Clerkenwell Green -- Greenwich -- Shoreditch -- Exeter Change -- Tottenham High-Cross -- Blackfriar's Bridge -- Mill on Wimbledon Common -- Tooting Church -- Tower of London -- Canonbury House. Islington -- Commercial docks -- St. Pancras Old Church -- Demolition of Swallow Street -- Wolsey's Well at Esher, Surrey -- Ballast dredger, off the Tower -- Caxton's House in the Almonry. Westminster.
Subject Terms:
London (England) -- In art. | London (England) -- Pictorial works. | Thames River (England) -- Pictorial works. | Bridges -- England -- London -- Pictorial works. | Landscape -- England -- London. | Church architecture -- England -- London. | Church architecture -- England -- London. | Tower of London (London, England) -- Pictorial works. | John and Arthur Arch, publisher. | Hodgson, Boys and Graves, publisher. | Cooke, Elizabeth Harriet, 1785–1882, publisher. | Cooke, Thos. B., publisher. | Hawkins, S. H., printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1826–1834.
Contributors:
Callcott, Augustus Wall, Sir, 1779–1844, ill. | Cooke, Edward William, 1811–1880, ill. | Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842, ill. | Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863, ill. | Havell, William, 1782–1857, ill. | Harvey, William, 1796–1866, ill. | Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852, ill. | Roberts, David, 1796–1864, ill. | Stark, James, 1794–1859, ill.