Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, Book of aquatint landscapes , [1794]
- Title(s):
Book of aquatint landscapes / drawn and engraved by S. Alken.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published as the Act directs, January 1, 1794, by Darling and Thompson, engravers, printers, and printsellers, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, Great Newport Street; and M. Chamberlin, No. 51, Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury, [1794]
- Physical Description:
- [12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 33 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8213 .A454 1794+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8213 .A454 1794+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4928672
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Cover title.
BAC: Two copies. Illustrations in copy 1 are sepia aquatint. Illustrations in copy 2 are colored aquatint. Original stitched blue paper wrappers.
Illustrations by and after Samuel Alken.
Engraved throughout.
There is another issue of this title, also published in 1794, containing only 6 of the 12 colored aquatint views. - Subject Terms:
- Aquatints, British -- Early works to 1800.Biddle, Moncure -- Bookplate. (copy 2)Darling and Thompson -- Publisher.Dixon, Fitz Eugene -- Bookplate. (copy 2)Landscape in art -- Early works to 1800.Sexton, Eric -- Bookplate. (copy 2)
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1794.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1794. - Export:
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