illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1950,0220.1.68-160
Description: 'Illustrations of the public buildings of London: with historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice. [...] by J. Britton, F.S.A., &c. - and A. Pugin, architect. Vol. II' (London: J. Taylor, J. Britton and A. Pugin) 1828; containing 92 plates showing churches, theaters and other buildings of London, with elevations, plans interiors and outside views, etched by various printmakers, including various tipped-in plates. Together with bookplate of Sidney Young, half-title, illustrated title-page by J. Le Keux after A. Pugin, dedication to Prince Leopold, preface, list of public buildings in London and index. Bound in black half-leather, with marbled covers, raised bands and gold tooling at the spine, marbled endpapers and edges. Etching, aquatint
Producer name: Published by: Josiah Taylor; Published by: John Britton; Published by: Augustus Charles Pugin; Printed by: J Moyes; Print made by: John Le Keux; After: Augustus Charles Pugin; After: John Britton; Print made by: George Gladwin; Print made by: Henry Winkles; Print made by: B Winkles; Print made by: Frederick James Havell; Print made by: Henry Adlard; Print made by: John Cleghorn; Print made by: John Roffe; Print made by: Bartholomew Bosley; After: H Ansted; Print made by: W W Law; After: George Belton Moore; After: Francis Arundale; Print made by: Thomas Kearnan; Print made by: Thomas Sutherland; Print made by: Richard Gilson Reeve (?); Print made by: Daniel Havell; Print made by: William James Bennett; After: C Wild; Print made by: Robert Tingle; Print made by: Sidney Hall; After: Sir Christopher Wren; After: Thomas Bradberry; After: Talbot Bury; Print made by: William Deeble; After: A Mauduit; Print made by: Robert Sands; After: Samuel Ware; After: Inigo Jones; After: T W Atkinson; After: William Henry Bartlett; Print made by: Thomas Bradley; After: William Knight; After: Charles James Matthews; After: Joseph Gwilt; After: Decimus Burton
School/style
Production date: 1828
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 228 millimetres (approx. size of each sheet); Width: 140 millimetres
Curator's comments: See 1950,0220.1.150 and 1950,0220.1.151 for two of these plates catalogued individually. Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
Location: Not on display
Subjects: architecture; church; map/plan
Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: London
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1944
Acquisition notes: Given by D H W Young, Esq
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1950,0220.1.68-160

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