The British gallery of pictures, selected from the most admired productions of the old masters, in Great Britain; accompanied with descriptions, historical and critical. By the late Henry Tresham ... and William Young Ottley ... the executive part under the management of Peltro William Tomkins ...
Published / Created:
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Cadell and Davies, and P. W. Tomkins, 1818 [i. e. 1820]
Physical Description:
6 p. ., [iii]-viii, [54] p. 25 mounted col. plates. 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The legends to the plates are mounted on the versos of the plates and are dated 1808-1820. One legend, probably dated 1807, is wanting.
Exhibition History:
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
Subject Terms:
Bensley and Son -- Printer. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher. | Cadell & Davies -- Publisher. | Painting -- Private collections. | Tomkins, P. W. -- Publisher. | Engraving, colored -- Specimens -- 1818. | Stipple engraving, colored -- Specimens -- 1818.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1818.
Contributors:
Ottley, William Young, 1771–1836. | Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759–1840.