Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century : displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c., by the most eminent artists, from original drawings taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work / by Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd ; comprising the palaces, parks, new churches, bridges, streets, river scenery, public offices and institutions, gentlemen's seats and mansions, and every other object worthy of notice throughout the metropolis and its environs, with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations, by James Elmes ...
Alternate Title(s):
Metropolitan improvements
Published / Created:
London : Published by Jones & Co., Temple of the Muses (Late Lackington's), Finsbury Square; and sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Hall Court; and all book and printsellers, 1828 [i.e. 1827-1830]
Physical Description:
vi, ii, 172 p., [80] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:5444434
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Robert Acon, James Baylis Allen, John Wykeham Archer, Thomas Barber, M. S. Barenger, H. W. Bond, James Carter, John Cleghorn, Thomas Dale, William Deeble, M. Fox, Samuel Freeman, Frederick James Havell, J. Henshall, Thomas Higham, John James Hinchliff, Samuel Lacey, A. McClatchie, Henry Melville, Samuel Owen, William Radclyffe, John A. Rolph, James C. Redaway, William Raymond Smith, James Tingle, Robert Tingle, William Tombleson, Henry Wallis, Robert Wallis, William Wallis, W. Watkins, and Charles Westwood; after Thomas H. Shepherd.
Subject Terms:
London (England) -- Description and travel. | Architecture -- England -- London. | Jones and Co. -- Publisher. | Simpkin and Marshall -- Bookseller. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1827–1830.
Contributors:
Elmes, James, 1782–1862. | Acon, Robert, active 1818–1834, engraver. | Allen, James Baylis, 1803–1876, engraver. | Archer, John Wykeham, 1808–1864, engraver. | Barber, Thomas, active 1818–1846, engraver. | Barenger, M. S., engraver. | Bond, H. W., active 1827–1849, engraver. | Carter, James, 1798–1855, engraver. | Cleghorn, John, active 1840–1880, engraver. | Dale, Thomas, active 1827–1828, engraver. | Deeble, William, active 1814–1849, engraver. | Fox, M., active 1828, engraver. | Freeman, Samuel, 1773–1857, engraver. | Havell, Frederick James, 1801–1840, engraver. | Henshall, J., active 1828–1850, engraver. | Higham, Thomas, 1796–1844, engraver. | Hinchliff, John James, 1805–1875, engraver. | Lacey, Samuel, active 1818–1857, engraver. | McClatchie, A., active 1820–1830, engraver. | Melville, Henry, active 1826–1841, engraver. | Owen, Samuel, 1768–1857, engraver. | Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855, engraver. | Rolph, John A., 1799–1862, engraver. | Redaway, James, 1797–1858, engraver. | Smith, William Raymond, engraver. | Tingle, James, active 1824–1850, engraver. | Tingle, Robert, engraver. | Tombleson, William, 1795– engraver. | Wallis, Henry, 1804–1890, engraver. | Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878, engraver. | Wallis, William, 1796– engraver. | Watkins, W., active 1823–1831, engraver. | Westwood, Charles, -1855, engraver.
