Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Orme, Edward, 1775-1848
Title:
Historic, military, and naval anecdotes : of personal valour, bravery, and particular incidents which occured to the armies of Great Britain and her allies, in the last long-contested war, terminating with the Battle of Waterloo : under the patronage of, and dedicated with permission to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief.
Published / Created:
London : Edited and published by, and engraved under the direction of, Edward Orme, publisher to His Majesty, and to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, Bond Street, corner of Brook Street, 1819.
Physical Description:
[4], 94, [4] p., [40] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38-49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatint engravings by Matthew Dubourg, and J. Clark; after John Augustus Atkinson, William Heath, Franz Jozeph Manskirch, George Scharf, and Richard Dighton.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- Peninsular War, 1807–1814. | Peninsular War, 1807–1814 -- Naval operations, British. | Military history, Modern. | Europe -- History -- 1789–1900. | France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799–1815 | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- In art. | Jameson, George -- Stamp.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1819 | Subscriber's lists -- England -- London -- 1819.
Contributors:
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833, illustrator. | Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880, illustrator. | Heath, William, 1795–1840, illustrator. | Manskirch, Franz Joseph, 1768 or 1770–1830, illustrator. | Scharf, George, 1788–1860, illustrator. | Clark, J., fl. 1789–1830, engraver. | Dubourg, Matthew, engraver.