Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Burke, John, 1787-1848
Title:
A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke ...
Published / Created:
London : Published for Henry Colburn, by R. Bentley ..., 1833-1838.
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With engraved frontispiece portraits: v. 1. Charles Manners Sutton drawn by Buck, from a painting by Pickersgill, engraved by Freeman -- v. 2. Edward John Littleton, engraved by Freeman, from an original drawing -- v. 3. T.W. Coke, engraved by Thomson, after Reinagle.
Subject Terms:
Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780–1845 -- Portraits. | Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791–1863 -- Portraits. | Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752–1842 -- Portraits. | Great Britain -- Genealogy. | Heraldry -- Great Britain. | Colburn, H. -- Bookseller. | Bentley, R. -- Publisher. | Whittingham, Charles -- Printer. | Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1834-1838. | Engravings -- 1834-1838. | Stipple engravings -- 1834-1838.
Contributors:
Buck, Adam, 1759–1833, ill. | Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782–1875, ill. | Reinagle, Ramsay R. (Ramsay Richard), 1775–1862, ill. | Freeman, Samuel, 1773–1857, engraver. | Thomson, James, 1788–1850, engraver.