Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Picturesque tour of the River Thames : illustrated by twenty-four coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings taken on the spot / by William Westall and Samuel Owen.
Published / Created:
London : R. Ackermann, 1828.
Physical Description:
iv, [2], 169 p., [26] leaves of plates [(1) folded] : ill., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by James Baily, Charles Bentley, J. Fielding, and Richard Gilson Reeve; after Samuel Owen and William Westall. Map engraved by J. & J. Neale.
Contents:
Plates: Folding map of the River Thames -- Source of the Thames -- Oxford -- Park Place -- Cullum Court -- Maidenhead Bridge -- Windsor Castle -- Eton College -- Beaumont Lodge -- Staines Bridge -- Hampton House -- Popel's Villa, Twickenham -- Twickenham -- View from Richmond Hill -- Richmond -- St. Margarets, Twickenham -- Sion House -- Suspension bridge, Hammersmith -- Westminster Bridge -- Water Bridge -- Southward Bridge -- The Custom House -- Greenwich Hospital -- Gravesend -- Tilbury Fort -- Sheerness, The Crow Stone.
Subject Terms:
Thames River -- Description and travel. | Thames Valley (England) -- Description and travel. | Rivers -- England. | Bridges -- England. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. | Harrison, L. -- Printer. | Mexborough -- Bookplate. | Harding, W.A. -- Bookplate, Madingley. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1828.
Form/Genre:
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Aquatints -- 1828. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1828.
Contributors:
Baily, James, fl. 1780–1815, engraver. | Bentley, Charles, 1806–1854, engraver. | Fielding, J., engraver. | Neele, James, engraver. | Neele, Josiah, engraver. | Reeve, Richard Gilson, 1803–1889, engraver. | Owen, Samuel, 1768–1857, ill. | Westall, William, 1781–1850, ill.