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Rural retreats : a collection of views of gentlemen's seats in the neighbourhood of London
Title
Rural retreats : a collection of views of gentlemen's seats in the neighbourhood of London.
Published
[London] : Published by Thomas Palser, Surry Side of Westminster Bridge, 1812.
Physical Description
[36] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 37 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in brown paper covered boards with printed title label on front cover. Originally included with this the BAC copy were 5 watercolors by J. Hassell, 4 of which were originally made for this work. These have been removed and transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings. They are: Sluice House, near Hornsey, Middx. (B1975.4.497); Villa of Grote Esq., near Bromley, Kent (B1975.4.498); Pit Place, Epson (B1975.4.499); Grove Cottage, Box Hill, Surry (B1975.4.500); and, Entrance to King John's Palace (different from plate in book; B1975.4.501).
Notes
Publisher's printed title label on front cover: Gentlemen's seats.
Aquatints drawn and engraved by John Hassell.
Plates dated 1804-1812.
Variant and related titles
Gentlemen's seats
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
Streatham Surry
Southgate Cottage
Sluice House, Hornsey Middx.
Bush-Hill Middlesex
St. Agnes Cottage Berks.
Seat of John Brickwood
Newark Priory, Surry
Casina. Dulwich Hall Surry
Roehampton Surry
Kin John's Palace Kent
Coomb Down Side
Norwood Surry
Bromley Kent
Seat of Barreneau Esqr.
Westbourne Farm. Middx.
Severn Droog Castle
Stoke Newington Middlesex
Beaver Hall
Marble-Hill Twickenham Middx.
Kingston-Hill Cottage Surry
Pit-Place, Epsom
Plaistow Kent
Walthamstow-House, Essex
Hendon. Middx.
Woodland Cottage, Surry
Eatons Folly Peckham
Bromley Kent
Clapham Manor-house
Woodlands
West-Hill Surry
Grove Cottage, Box Hill, Surry
Hill House
Addiscombe Place
Roehampton Grove
Mount Clare, Surry
Kingswood Lodge-Coopers-hill Surry.
References
British Museum. General catalogue of printed books to 1955 (compact edition), v. 15, p. 1029
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Aquatints - Hand-colored - 1812.
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