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Title(s):
New copper plate magazine : containg select views of noblemens and gentlemens seats in England : taken from original drawings.
Published/Created:
London : Printed by J. Barker, Great Russell Street, Covent Garden, for J. Edwards, Pall Mall, [1789-1796]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [78] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1714 .N49 1789+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Most of the engravings are by John and William Walker, after John Throsby. Also includes a small number of engravings by J. Wigley or John Digby Curtis.
Plates have imprints in the form of "Publish'd by J. Throsby, Leicester, Sep. 4th. 1789, & sold by Wm. [or W. & J.] Walker, [Engravers], [No. 16] Rosoman's St. [or Street], London. Dated at irregular intervals from 4 Sept. 1789 to 1 June 1796.
Plate numbering is irregular.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards.
Comprised predominently of engraved views of houses in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, from drawings by John Throsby.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Leicestershire -- Pictorial works.
Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Nottinghamshire -- Pictorial works.
Historic buildings -- England -- Leicestershire -- Pictorial works.
Historic buildings -- England -- Nottinghamshire -- Pictorial works.
Leicestershire (England) -- Pictorial works.
Nottinghamshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.
Viewbooks -- Great Britain -- 1786-1788.
Contributors:
Curtis, John Digby, 1775–1837, engraver.
Walker, John, active 1784–1802, engraver.
Walker, William, 1729–1793, engraver.
Wigley, J., engraver.
Rooke, Hayman, 1722–1806, ill.
Smith, Thomas, -1767.
Throsby, John, 1740–1803.
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