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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Title(s):
Myriorama : a collection of many thousand landscapes / designed by Mr. Clark.
Published/Created:
London : Samuel Leigh, 1824.
Physical Description:
16 cards aquating ; box 23 x 16 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 M9 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 M9 Copy 2 Flat A
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has two copies of part one. Copy two is imperfect: its case and the flyer are wanting.
Hand-coloured aquatints on 16 numbered cards that can be put together in any order to create a continuous panorama.
Issued in a tray and lid box.
Title from box.
Hyde, R. "Myrioramas, endless landscapes." In Print Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4 (2004), p. 419
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 53
Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is in original case, with flyer.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 lacks original case and flyer.
Form/Genre:
Myrioramas.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Leigh, Samuel, publisher.
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Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]


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