Title-page to Virtue's Pictures of Beauties of Great Britain
Maker
(artist)
1791-1876
(engraver)
active 1828-1869 (active)
(publisher)
1684-1756
1791-1876
(engraver)
active 1828-1869 (active)
(publisher)
1684-1756
Title
Title-page to Virtue's Pictures of Beauties of Great Britain
Date of Production
1834
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm
Width: 19 cm
Width: 19 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4278
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre image, printed: VIRTUE'S / PICTURESQUE BEAUTIES / OF / Great Britain; / Series of Views, / By the Most Approved Artists. / Taken expressly for this Work. / MESS.RS G. SHEPHERD, H. GASTINEAU, & c. & c. / Comprising the Principal / Cities [ampersand] Towns; Public Edifices & Dock Yards; / Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; / HOSPITALS, CHURCHES, CASTELLATED & MONASTIC RUINS, & c. / Accompanied by / Historical & Biographical Index
Inscription: Recto: lower margin, printed: Drawn by H. Gastineau Engraved by H. Adlard
Inscription: Recto: lower centre right margin, printed: GREENWICH HOSPITAL. / LONDON, / Published by G. Virtue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. / Entered at Stationers Hall.
Stamp: Recto: lower right margin, stamped: M
Inscription: Recto: lower margin, printed: Drawn by H. Gastineau Engraved by H. Adlard
Inscription: Recto: lower centre right margin, printed: GREENWICH HOSPITAL. / LONDON, / Published by G. Virtue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. / Entered at Stationers Hall.
Stamp: Recto: lower right margin, stamped: M
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