Views of French buildings, peoples, etc. [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Views of French buildings, peoples, etc. [graphic].
- Published / Created
- [not before 1819]
- Publication Place
- England and France?
- Abstract
-
An album with views of French buildings and monuments mostly in and around Paris, from several numbered series including: a series of small engravings of French tradesmen (cries); a hand-colored etching of a Dance of death signed "Turner f. 1799" (formerly misidentified as a watercolor drawing and cataloged under the title "Dancing skeletons"); an engraving of a roller coaster entitled "Promenades aeriennes: Jardin Baujon" (after Louis Garneray); three lithographs of unidentified landscapes and one of a tree-house; one Rowlandson satire "Comforts of an Irish fishing lodge"; and an etching entitled "View from the end window of the drawing room at Heywood in the Queen's Coy. Ireland, the seat of Frederick Trench Esqre." signed "F.W.T. 1818" with mss. inscription from F.W. Trench to Lady Howe
Also mounted in the album are a series in images for French buildings from a game board: Jeu des monumens français de la ville de Paris. Paris : J. Langlumé éditeur, rue du Foin St. Jacques 11, [1815]. Also cataloged separately
- Description
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Title devised by cataloger.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Purchased for W.S. Lewis at the Waller sale, lot 61, Dec. 1947.
- Extent
- 25 prints in 1 album : binding 53 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 82 819V
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Cries France
Landscapes (Representations)
Engravings England
Etchings England
Etchings France
Lithographs - Material
- etchings, engravings, lithographs, some hand-colored ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Paris (France)
Ireland
France. - Subject (Topic)
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Buildings, structures, etc
Dance of death
Roller coasters
Occupations - Subjects
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Paris (France) > Buildings, structures, etc
Paris (France) > Pictorial works
Ireland > Pictorial works
France
Dance of death
Roller coasters
Occupations > France
England
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9477995
- Object ID (OID)
- 15534127