A collection of landscapes, / drawn by P. Sandby, Esq. R. A. and engraved by Mr. Rooker, and Mr. Watts, with descriptions.
Paul Sandby, RA (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809)
Category
Books
Date
1777
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3246456.3.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 39, [1] p., XXXII leaves of plates ; obl. 4to. Bound with v. 5 of "The copper-plate magazine" (London, 1800-1802). Additional set of 9 unsigned, uncaptioned prints bound at end of volume, numbered in pencil (with 2 copies each of plates 6-8 of the set). Shelved and uniform with Angus' "The seats of the nobility and gentry ... " (London, 1787-1815), Sandby's "The virtuosi's museum ... " (London, 1778), "Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales" (London, [1788]), Watts' "The seats of nobility and gentry ... " ([London], 1779-[1786]), Milton's "Select views in Ireland ... " (London, 1821), bound with "A collection of views ... in North Wales" (London, 1792), Middiman's "Select views in Great Britain" (London, [1813?]), bound with Watts' "Select views of the principal buildings ... in the cities of Bath and Bristol ... " (London, 1819). Duplicates (unsigned) of plates 14, 16-18, 21, 27, 29 and 30 (2 copies) and mounted copies (unsigned) of plates 3-5, 7, 9-10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 27 bound in place throughout text. All have plate no. in pencil at top corner; mounted plates also have pencil note "Work" above image. Provenance: pencil initials on rear pastedown: "C W H". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full green morocco; gilt fillets and roll to form a border; sewn onto five recessed cords; five false bands; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Views in Gt. Britain' and 'Copperplate mag. and Sandby V. VI.'; double gilt fillet on board edges; triple gilt fillet on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Paul Sandby, RA (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809), original artist Edward Rooker (London 1724 – London 1774) , engraver (printmaker) Michael Angelo Rooker (London 1743 – London 1774), engraver (printmaker) William Watts (London 1752 - Cobham 1851), engraver (printmaker) Benjamin Green (1739-1798), engraver (printmaker)