Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Payne, William, active 1776-1809
Title:
Book of landscapes after Payne.
Alternate Title(s):
4th book of landscapes after Payne
Published / Created:
[London] : Pubd. at R. Ackermann's, 401 Strand, [1800]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 27 x 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2009 59
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Description based on the copy at the Yale Center for British Art, in which the engraved title is preceded by the word "4th" written in pen and ink.

Engravings by J. Bluck; after William Payne.

Cover title, from publisher's engraved label. At head of title label: "The greatest variety of transparencies & medallions."

Engraved throughout.

The first four plates are dated 1 Nov. 1799; the final are dated 1 Jan. 1800.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blue paper wrappers, with engraved title label.
Contents:
View near Eaton, Bedfordshire -- View near Penzance, Cornwall -- View near Haversham -- View near Westmoreland -- View near Maidstone, Kent -- VIew near Lyme Dorsetshire -- Stone quarry near Penzance Cornwall.
Subject Terms:
Landscape drawing -- Early works to 1800. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Ackermann's Repository of the arts -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Aquatints -- 1800.
Contributors:
John Bluck, active 1791–1819, engraver.