Period: 19th century / Form genre ss: Woodcuts -- 1807. / Subject Terms: Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England) - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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Period 19th century

Form genre ss Woodcuts -- 1807.

Subject Terms Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)

1. Panorama, Leicester Square : this upper painting represents Weymouth, taken in 1805, when his Majesty was last there, from the outer pier : at which time the Abergavenny was seen as represented, with barges round her saving what property could be taken up : the flags at the mast-heads add so much to the beauty of the royal sovereign yacht, that it is hoped the public will excuse the liberty taken in keeping them up after His Majesty has left her, which is never done in the reality : the lower painting represents Lord Nelson's glorious victory, gained over the French and Spanish fleets, off Trafalgar, painted upon ten thousand square feet of canvas.

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Creator:: Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856
Date:: [1807]
Physical Description:: 1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Now exhibiting in the second circle, a view of Edinburgh and the surrounding country : the contemplation of this grand and delightful scene, and an earnest desire to represent it entire, were the first circumstances which impressed Mr. Barker's mind with the idea of a panorama : the public may now form a judgment of the comparative excellence of three views, reckoned by men of taste the finest in Europe, namely, Constantinople and Plymouth, which have been exhibited, and Edinburgh, which is now open.

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Creator:: Barker, Robert, 1739-1806
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; 27.3 x 22.1 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts