Britannia depicta; . a series of views, with brief descriptions, of the most interesting and picturesque objects in Great Britain engraved from drawings by Messrs. Hearne, Farington, Smith, Turner, Alexander, &c. By W. Byrne, The counties alphabetically arranged.
William Byrne (London 1743 – London 1805)
Category
Books
Date
1806 - 1818
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3049190
Summary
Bibliographic description
6pt., plates . obl. fol... Imperfect: part VI (Views in Derbyshire) only. Provenance: Nineteenth-century large armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe and his son, Sir John Harpur]. Binding: Late nineteenth-century half calf, brown cloth sides, marbled endpapers and edges, gilt-lettered on red label 'Britannia depicta Farington'. Binder's ticket: "Bound by J. Barker, Ashby".
Makers and roles
William Byrne (London 1743 – London 1805) William Alexander (Maidstone 1767 -Maidstone 1816) Joseph Farington, RA (Leigh, Manchester 1747 - Didsbury, Canada 1821) Thomas Hearne (1678-1735) Daniel Lysons (1762-1834) Samuel Lysons (1763-1819) John 'Warwick' Smith (Irthington 1749 – London 1831) Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851)