A picturesque tour of the River Thames in its western course; : including particular descriptions of Richmond, Windsor, Hampton Court. / By John Fisher Murray, ... Illustrated with upwards of one hundred highly finished wood engravings, by Orrin Smith, Branston, Landells, and other eminent artists.
John Fisher Murray (1811-1865)
Category
Books
Date
1845
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3253681
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 356 p., plates : ill., maps ; 8vo. Pencil mark on front free endpaper verso: "4h". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "James Clarke / August 15th. 1845.". Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Fairhaven / Park Close / September 1929" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (shield on a beaded oval): 'Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton' [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full green cloth; blind stamped design on boards: double fillet (thick and thin) to form an outer border and decorative cornerpieces; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: title 'Thames scenery' within decorative scrollwork frame; blind stamped centrepiece on lower board: decorative scrollwork frame (no lettering); gilt stamped tree and Round Tower of Windsor Castle on spine; spine lettered direct (gilt stamped): 'Picturesque tour of the Thames' and 'J.F. Murray'.
Makers and roles
John Fisher Murray (1811-1865), author John Orrin Smith (1799-1843), illustrator Branston, Frederick W, illustrator Ebenezer Landell (1808-1860), illustrator