Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Britton, John, 1771-1857
Title:
Picturesque antiquities of the English cities : illustrated by a series of engravings of antient buildings, street scenery, etc., with historical and descriptive accounts of each subject / by John Britton, F.S.A. M.R.S.L. and member of several other societes, English and foreign.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green : 1830.

Pentonville : J. Le Keux, 1830.
Physical Description:
xii, 88 p., [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by James Baylis Allen, Branston and Wright, John Le Keux, Abraham John Mason, James C. Redaway, Edward John Roberts, Robert Sands, William Taylor, William Tombleson, John Charles Varrall, John Wright, Samuel Williams, and Thomas Woolnoth; after W.H. Bartlett, James Carter, George Fennel Robson, and Edward James Willson.
Contents:
York -- Lincoln -- Peterborough -- Canterbury -- Rochester -- Winchester -- Hereford -- Worcester -- Gloucester -- Coventry -- Durham -- Chichester -- Salisbury -- Wells -- Bristol -- Bath -- Norwich -- London.
Subject Terms:
Historic buildings -- Great Britain. | Architecture -- England. | Cities and towns -- England. | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green -- Publisher. | Britton, John -- Publisher. | Le Keux, J. -- Publisher. | Chiswick C. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1830. | Steel engravings -- 1830.
Contributors:
Branston and Wright, engraver. | Allen, James Baylis, 1803–1876, engraver. | Le Keux, John, 1783–1846, engraver. | Mason, Abraham John, 1794–1858, engraver. | Redaway, James, 1797–1858 | Roberts, Edward John, 1797–1865, engraver. | Sands, Robert, 1782–1855, engraver. | Taylor, William, active 1830–1858, engraver. | Tombleson, William, 1795–, engraver. | Varrall, John Charles, active 1818–1848, engraver. | Williams, Samuel, 1788–1853, engraver. | Woolnoth, Thomas A., 1785–1857, engraver. | Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809–1854, ill. | Carter, James, 1798–1855, ill. | Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833, ill. | Willson, Edward James, 1787–1854, ill.