Military costume of the British cavalry. / Drawn and engraved by William Heath.
William Heath (London 1795 - Hampstead 1840)
Category
Books
Date
1820
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100802
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2] p., [16] plates : col. ill. ; fol. Pencil note on flyleaf: ‘Very fine copy and extraordinarily rare. Only one other complete copy was recorded at auction in 1910, bought by Robson. General Terry’s copy (sold in February 1907) had no title page, and one in the “Milne” sale (February 1913) lacked 2 plates.’ Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 1924: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half red morocco binding; red cloth sides; gilt fillets; gilt spine title ‘Heath’s British cavalry. - 1820’; gilt textblock edges; binder’s stamp: Robson & Co. Ltd. 7. Hanover Street W.1.
Makers and roles
William Heath (London 1795 - Hampstead 1840), artist and engraver