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illustrated book
;
print
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
British
Production date
1828
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
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
Illustration to:
John Britton
Associated places
Associated with:
London
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Illustrations of the public buildings of London
Acquisition date
1944
Acquisition notes
Given by D H W Young, Esq
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1950,0220.1.68-160