The Royal Gallery Of British Art.

05/818

London:: Published By J. Hogarth, 5 Haymarket., [ca. 1851?]

2 vols.; 602 mm.

Vol. I: vi, [58] p., [24] pl.: [1] illus. - Vol. II: [52] p., [24] pl.

Vol. I: [T.p., dedic.] - Preface - List of Subscribers To Finden's Royal Gallery of British Art - Table Of Contents. Vol. I. - [Plates, with explanatory texts]. - Vol. II: [T.p.] - Table Of Contents. Vol. II. - [Plates, with explanatory texts]. - This work was also issued in a one-volume format.

All plates carry the name of the source-artist and engraver. The engravers were W. Humphrys, E. Finden, W.R. Smith, E.J. Portbury, Ed. Smith, C. Rolls, J.T. Willmore, F. Bacon, J.B. Allen, W. Miller, S. Sangster, Lumb. Stocks, W. Finden, S. Fisher, H.C. Shenton, R. Hatfield, E. Goodall, W.T. Roden, J.W. Appleton, J. Goodyaer, W. Greatbach, G.T. Doo, J. Outrim, John Pye, R. Wallis, P. Lightfoot, J. Cousen, C.W. Sharpe. The in-text illustration (in the texts accompanying pl. [14]) is unsigned.

Each plate carries the publisher's imprint - usually that of J. Hogarth; in some cases that of T.G. March, or of 'the Proprietors'. Many carry the name of the printer - McQueen, or Horwood & Watkins.

The work is dedicated to Queen Victoria by E. and W. Finden and J. Hogarth.

B. Hunnisett, Illustrated dictionary of British steel engravers (1989).

The work was published serially. All plates carry publication dates, ranging from 1840 August (pl. [25]) to 1851 May 31 (pl. [28, 47, 48]). The work was also issued in a one-volume format.

The plates show paintings by J. Reynolds, T. Gainsborough, D. Wilkie, G.S. Newton, J. Constable, W. Hilton, C.L. Eastlake, C.R. Leslie, W. Linton, A.W. Callcott, C. Stanfield, J.M.W. Turner, G. Jones, T. Uwins, W. Collins, Penry Williams, E. Landseer, D. Cowper, W.F. Witherington, C.R. Leslie, A. Cooper, F.R. Lee, F. Danby, A.E. Chalon, D. Maclise, A. Fraser, W. Etty, D. Roberts, R. Redgrave, W. Mulready, T. Webster, C. Landseer and J. Linnell.

The Table of Contents lists not only the titles, source-artists and engravers of the works, but also the names of their owners. The Preface draws attention to the Royal Academy's interest in, and approval of, the project.

19th-century half red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine, lettered 'Royal Gallery Of British Art Vol. I. (II.) R.A.'

Paintings, British
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century

Joseph Hogarth
Victoria Queen of Great Britain
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA
Thomas Gainsborough RA
Sir David Wilkie RA
Gilbert Stuart Newton RA
John Constable RA
William Hilton RA
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA
Charles Robert Leslie RA
William Linton
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott RA
Clarkson Stanfield RA
J.M.W. Turner RA
George Jones RA
Thomas Uwins RA
William Collins RA
Penry Williams
Sir Edwin Landseer RA
Douglas Cowper
William Frederick Witherington RA
Charles Robert Leslie RA
Abraham Cooper RA
Frederick Richard Lee RA
Francis Danby ARA
A.E. Chalon RA
Daniel Maclise RA
Alexander George Fraser
William Etty RA
David Roberts RA
Richard Redgrave RA
William Mulready RA
Thomas Webster RA
Charles Landseer RA
John Linnell
William Humphrys
Edward Francis Finden
William Raymond Smith
E. J. Portbury
Edward Smith
Charles Rolls
James Tibbetts Willmore ARA
Frederick Bacon
James Baylis Allen
William Miller
Samuel Sangster
Lumb Stocks RA
William Finden
Samuel Fisher
Henry Chawner Shenton the elder
Richard Hatfield
Edward Goodall
William Thomas Roden
J. W. Appleton
Joseph Goodyear
William Greatbach
George Thomas Doo RA
John Outrim
John Pye the younger
Robert Wallis
Peter Lightfoot
John Cousen
Charles William Sharpe
T. G. March
William Benjamin McQueen, intaglio printer
Daniel Watkins, intaglio printer
Horwood and Watkins

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