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Creator:
Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Title(s):
Book of aquatint landscapes / drawn and engraved by S. Alken.
Published/Created:
London : Published as the Act directs, January 1, 1794, by Darling and Thompson, engravers, printers, and printsellers, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, Great Newport Street; and M. Chamberlin, No. 51, Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury, [1794]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8213 .A45 1794+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 90
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy.
BAC: Original stitched blue wrappers.
Illustrations by and after S. Alken.
Engraved throughout.
There is another issue of this title, also published in 1794, with an additional 6 illustrations.
Subject Terms:
Aquatints, British -- Early works to 1800.
Chamberlain, M. -- Publisher.
Chron. -- 1794.
Darling and Thompson -- Publisher.
Landscape in art -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1794.
Contributors:
Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815, engraver.
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