The Romantic And Picturesque Scenery Of England and Wales, From Drawings made Expressly For This Undertaking, By P. J. De Loutherbourg, Esq. R. A. With Historical And Descriptive Accounts Of The Several Places Of Which Views Are Given. Engraved By William Pickett, And Coloured By John Clarke.
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
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P.I. De Loutherbourg's Picturesque Scenery Of Great Britain
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Responsibility Note
Only the added engraved title-plate carries the imprint of the publisher: 'Published by R. Bowyer Historic Gallery Pall Mall 1801'.
References
R.W. Hutton, Robert Bowyer and the Historic Gallery [dissertation, Univy. of Chicago] (1992); R. Joppien, Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA 1740-1812 [exhibition catalogue] (1973).
On the Picturesque aesthetic see M. Andrews, The search for the Picturesque (1989); D. Watkin, The English vision: the Picturesque in architecture, landscape and garden design (1982); M. Price, 'The Picturesque moment', in From sensibility to Romanticism, ed. F.W. Hilles and H. Bloom (1965), p.356-8; W.J. Hipple, The beautiful, the sublime and the picturesque in 18th-century British aesthetic theory (1957); C. Hussey, The Picturesque (1927).
Summary Note
The date of publication printed on the English and French title-pages is 1805. A publication-date of 1801 is given in the imprint on the added engraved title-plate. But this plate is simply a reprint of the title-plate of Loutherbourg's Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain, published by R. Bowyer in 1801; and in fact its presence indicates that we have here the edition ca. 1824 of The Picturesque Scenery Of England and Wales, for it is not known to have been inserted in the original 1805 edition. That this is the 1824 edition is confirmed by the absence of signatures and imprints from the plates, by the watermark dates of 1822 and 1824, and by the resetting of the letter-press text. (Differences between the two editions are set out in Scenery Of Great Britain ... From The Library Of J.R. Abbey, no.9.)
The plates are all aquatints, further coloured by hand.
Each plate carries a caption in English: [1] View From Chigwell Row, Essex. [2] Storm Off Margate. [3] Dudley castle Gate. [4] The Needles, Isle Of Wight. [5] Brathay Bridge. [6] gate Of Carisbrook Castle. [7] Iron Works, Coalbrook Dale. [8] Melen Y Nant, Near Snowdon. [9] Ramsgate. [10] Ruin At Basingstoke. [11] Lake Of Wyndermere. [12] Peaks Hole, Derbyshire. [13] Tintern Abbey. [14] Snowdon. [15] Chepstow Castle. [16] Llyn Ogween. [17] Cataract On The Llugwy. [18] Conway Castle.
Loutherbourg had been touring and painting the landscape of Britain since 1778. His work includes views not only of Derbyshire, the Lakes and Wales but also of industrial sites such as Coalbrookdale.
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Subject
Landscapes (representations) - Drawings - Great Britain - 18th century - 19th century - Picturesque, the
Views - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Aquatints - Colour printing - Hand coloring - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
Images from this book
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Iron Works, Coalbrook Dale, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Melen Y Nant, near Snowdon, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
View from Chigwell Row, Essex, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Storm off Margate, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Dudley Castle Gate, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Brathay Bridge, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Gate of Carisbrook Castle, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Ramsgate, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
The Needles, Isle of Wight, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Ruin at Basingstoke, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Lake Windermere, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Peak's Hole, Derbyshire, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Tintern Abbey, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Snowdon, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Chepstow Castle, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Llyn Ogween, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Cataract on the Llugwy, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Conway Castle, ca. 1824
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Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg RA
Additional title-plate, ca. 1824
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