Studies of cottages and rural scenery : drawn and etched in imitation of chalk

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17480092

Description

Title
Studies of cottages and rural scenery : drawn and etched in imitation of chalk
Creator
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
Contributor
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Diggens, John, -1833, printer.
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852, artist.
Published / Created
1816.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand; and may be had of all the book and printsellers in the United Kingdom. [J. Diggens, Printer, St. Ann's Lane, London.]
Description
Cover title. Number of part printed above title.
Engraved throughout.
"This work appears to have been issued in four montly parts, each of four plates between May and August 1816, before being published as a complete suite. An advertisement on the final leaf of the 1820 edition of John Cawse's 'Introduction to the art of painting' shows that the work was still being issued in four parts at this late date, at a price of three shillings sixpence per part"--Cf. British Architectural Library.
Illustrations numbered in upper right corner of each plate.
Price on cover: Three shillings + sixpence.
Publisher;s advertisements on wrappers.
BAC: British Art Center has parts 1 and 2 only. Parts 3 and 4 missing. Original printed blue paper wrappers. Stitched. Ms. ownership inscriptions of Miss Homes Cone (one dated March 24 1817) on front covers of both parts. Publisher's advertisements inside front and back covers of both parts.
Stitched as issued in the original publisher’s wrappers. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Simon Beattie; September 2020.
Extent
4 pts : 25 x 31 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 P95 816

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Pictorial works
Soft-ground etchings 1816
Publisher's advertisements
Chron
Material
chiefly ill. ;
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain.
Great Britain
Subject (Topic)
Architecture, Domestic
Cottages
Landscape drawing, English
Subjects
Architecture, Domestic > Great Britain
Cottages > Great Britain > Pictorial works
Landscape drawing, English
1816
Chron > 1816
Homes, Miss > Autograph, March 24th, 1817

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Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
3491089
Object ID (OID)
17480092

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