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001 $ 07/3149
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20190604110041.2
035 # # $z 4544
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 2 $a A Collection Of Prints Illustrative Of English Scenery, From The Drawings And Sketches Of Thos. Gainsborough, R.A. In The Various Collections Of The Right Honourable Baroness Lucas; Viscount Palmerston; George Hibbert, Esq.; Dr. Monro, And Several Other Gentlemen. -
260 # # $a London: $b Engraved By W.F. Wells And J. Laporte; And Published By H.R. Young, 56, Paternoster-Row. - $c 1819.
300 # # $a [4] p., [59] pl.; $c 411 mm.
500 # # $a The copy at Cambridge is catalogued as having 62 leaves of plates.
505 0 # $a [T.p., dedic.] - [Plates].
508 # # $a All plates are signed as drawn by T. Gainsborough and engraved by W.F. Wells or J. Laporte. Seven carry the inscription, 'Publish'd as the Act directs'.

The work is dedicated by W.F. Wells and J. Laporte to George Hibbert.
510 0 # $a D. Brenneman, 'Thomas Gainsborough and the picturesque sketch', in Word and image, 13:4 (1997), p.392-404; Gainsborough drawings, ed. J. Hayes and L. Stainton [exhibition catalogue] (1983); J. Hayes, The drawings of Thomas Gainsborough (2 v., 1970).

S. Lambert, The image multiplied: five centuries of printed reproductions of paintings and drawings (1987).
520 2 # $a Each plate is captioned with the name of the owner of the drawing. Most were owned by G. Hibbert or Dr Monro. The two owners besides those mentioned on the title page were W. Alexander and J. Laporte. Viscountess Palmerston is mentioned in place of the Viscount.

Some plates are printed in color.
561 # # $a The verso of the front free-endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.
563 # # $a 19th-century half red morocco, marbled-papered boards; gilt-decorated spine lettered 'Gainsborough'.
600 1 4 $a Gainsborough
600 1 4 $a Hibbert
600 1 4 $a Monro
653 # # $a Landscapes (environments) - Great Britain - History - 18th century
653 # # $a Drawings - Sketches - Studies (visual works) - Landscapes (representations) - Great Britain - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Colour printing - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Gainsborough $e source artist
700 1 # $a Wells $e etcher
700 1 # $a Laporte $e etcher
700 1 # $a Young $e publisher
700 1 # $a Hibbert $e dedicatee