Gilpin, William, 1724-1804, Three essays , 1792
- Title(s):
Three essays : On picturesque beauty, On picturesque travel, and On sketching landscape : to which is added a poem, On landscape painting / by William Gilpin ...
- Additional Title(s):
Essays on picturesque beauty
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for R. Blamire, 1792.
- Physical Description:
- [4], iii, [1], viii, 88, v, [3], 44 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsND1340 G5View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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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/184102
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Half-title: Essays, on picturesque beauty; &c. &c. &c.
The poem has divisional title and separate pagination and register.
The plates are unsigned and without titles or imprints.
Includes errata, p. iii, and a tipped in errata slip at p. 85.
English short title catalogue, T99007
Prideaux, S.T. Aquatint engraving, p. 337
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 129
BAC: British Art Center copy ND1340 G5 is the Abbey copy.
BAC: British Art Center copy DA620 .G47 1792 is bound with the author's Observations on the river Wye. 3d ed. London, 1792. Imperfect: half-title wanting. "Explanation of the prints", iii p., bound in after the text. - Subject Terms:
- Blamire, R. -- Publisher.Landscape drawing -- Early works to 1800.Landscape painting -- Early works to 1800.Picturesque, The -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1792.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1792. - Export:
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