Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
Title:
American scenery, or, Land, lake, and river : illustrations of transatlantic nature / from drawings by W.H. Bartlett, engraved in the first style of the art, by R. Wallis, J. Cousen, Wilmore, Brandard, Adlard, Richardson, &c. ; the literary department by N.P. Willis, Esq. author of "Pencillings by the way," "Inklings of adventure," etc.
Alternate Title(s):
American scenery
Published / Created:
London : George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, MDCCCXL [1840]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : ilustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added engraved title page: American scenery, by N.P. Willis, Esq. illustrated in a series of views by W.H. Bartlett. London: Published by George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane. R. Martin & Co. New York.
Subject Terms:
United States -- Description and travel. | United States -- Pictorial works. | Sprent, W. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Publisher's advertisements. | Steel engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1840. | Steel engravings -- 1840.
Contributors:
Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, publisher. | R. Martin & Co., publisher. | Clay, Richard, 1789–1877, printer. | Beattie, William, 1793–1875. Switzerland. | Adlard, Henry, engraver. | Armytage, James Charles, 1802–1897, engraver. | Benjamin, E., steel engraver, engraver. | Bentley, Joseph Clayton, 1809–1851, engraver. | Bradshaw, Samuel, engraver, engraver. | Brandard, Robert, 1805–1862, engraver. | Cousen, Charles, 1819–1889, engraver. | Cousen, John, 1804–1880, engraver. | Creswick, Thomas, 1811–1869, engraver. | Davies, S. T., engraver. | Doughty, Thomas, 1793–1856, engraver. | Finden, Edward Francis, 1791–1857, engraver. | Fisher, Samuel, active 1830–1855, engraver. | Giles, James, engraver. | Griffiths, Henry, -1849, engraver. | Havell, Frederick James, 1801–1840, engraver. | Holl, Benjamin, 1808–1884, engraver. | Lacey, Samuel, active 1818–1857, engraver. | Mills, G., engraver. | Prior, Thomas Abiel, 1809–1886, engraver. | Richardson, George K., -approximately 1891, engraver. | Radclyffe, Edward, 1810–1863, engraver. | Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855, engraver. | Richardson, C. J. (Charles James), 1806–1871, engraver. | Rogers, John, approximately 1808–approximately 1888, engraver. | Room, Henry, 1802–1850, engraver. | Sands, Robert, 1782–1855, engraver. | Tombleson, William, 1795– engraver. | Turnbull, Thomas, steel engraver, engraver. | Topham, Francis William, 1808–1877, engraver. | Tingle, James, active 1824–1850, engraver. | Thompson, D. George, -approximately 1870, engraver. | Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878, engraver. | Willmore, James Tibbetts, 1800–1863, engraver. | Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809–1854, illustrator.