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Twenty-four views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt
Title
Twenty-four views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt / from drawings by Henry Salt, Esq.
Publication
London : Published by William Miller, Albemarle-Street, 1809.
Manufacture
London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations ; 36-79 cm
Local Notes
BAC Folio C 2023 2 Copy 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. The volume of plates includes watermarks dated 1818. Autograph: Lady Meux, July 1898. Ink stamp: The property of Lady Meux, Theobalds Park.
BAC Folio C 2023 2 Copy 2: Imperfect: lacks the volume of plates.
Notes
Primarily engraved by Daniel Havell. Some plates engraved by John Bluck.
Title and imprint from letterpress volume.
The letterpress volume ([26] leaves; 36 cm) comprises a description of the plates. The volume of plates ([1], XXIV leaves ; 79 x 58 cm) is entirely engraved, including the dedication leaf.
Variant and related titles
Dedication leaf in the volume of plates: To Richard Marquis Wellesley K. St. P. & K.C. late governor general of the British possessions and captain general of the British forces serving in the East Indies these twenty four views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia & Egypt are by permission most humbly dedicated by his grateful & most devoted humble servant Henry Salt.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
Plates: [Dedication leaf]
I. Sandy Bay Valley in the Island of St. Helena
III [i.e. II]. A view near the Roode Sand Pass at the Cape of Good Hope
III. Calcutta
IV. A view within the Fort of Monghyr
VI [i.e. V]. A view at Lucknow
VI. Mosque at Lucknow
VII. Ruins of the fort at Juanpore on the River Goomtee
VIII. View near the Point de Galle, Ceylon
IX. Pagoda at Ramisseram
X. Pagoda at Tanjore
XII [i.e. XI]. Riacotta in the Baramahal
XII. Pagodas at Trinchicunum
XIII. Poonah
XIV. Ancient excavations at Carli
XVII [i.e. XV]. View near the village of Asceriah, in Abyssinia
XVII [i.e. XVI]. The town of Dixan in Abyssinia
XVIII [i.e. XVII]. The town of Abha in Abyssinia
XIX. The pass of Atbara in Abyssinia
XX. The obelisk at Axum
XXI. The mountains at Samayut
XXII. The Vale of Calaat
XXIII. View of Grand Cairo
XIV. The pyramids at Cairo.
References
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 515
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 440
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Aquatints.
Hand coloring.
Also listed under
W. Bulmer and Co., printer.
Exhibited in: Adapting the Eye: An Archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, October 11, 2011-December 31, 2011)
Great Britain England London.
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