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001 $ 05/806
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 4 $a The Royal Gallery Of British Art.
260 # # $a London: $b Published By J. Hogarth, 5 Haymarket. $c [ca. 1851?]
300 # # $a vi, [106] p., [48] pl.: $b [2] illus.; $c 591 mm.
500 # # $a The work was also issued in a two-volume format.
505 0 # $a [T.p., dedic.] - Preface - Table Of Contents - List of Subscribers To Finden's Royal Gallery of British Art - [Plates, with explanatory texts].
508 # # $a 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 two in-text illustrations (in the texts accompanying pl. [12] and [14]) are 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.
510 0 # $a B. Hunnisett, Illustrated dictionary of British steel engravers (1989).
520 2 # $a 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 two-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.
563 # # $a 19th-century red morocco, gilt borders on upper and lower covers; gilt-decorated spine, black morocco spine-label lettered 'Royal Gallery Of British Art', spine lettered 'R.A.'
653 # # $a Paintings, British
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Hogarth
700 0 # $a Victoria
700 1 # $a Reynolds
700 1 # $a Gainsborough
700 1 # $a Wilkie
700 1 # $a Newton
700 1 # $a Constable
700 1 # $a Hilton
700 1 # $a eastlake
700 1 # $a Leslie
700 1 # $a Linton
700 1 # $a Callcott
700 1 # $a Stanfield
700 1 # $a Turner
700 1 # $a Jones
700 1 # $a Uwins
700 1 # $a Collins
700 1 # $a Williams
700 1 # $a Landseer
700 1 # $a Cowper
700 1 # $a Witherington
700 1 # $a Leslie
700 1 # $a Cooper
700 1 # $a Lee
700 1 # $a Danby
700 1 # $a Chalon
700 1 # $a Maclise
700 1 # $a Fraser
700 1 # $a Etty
700 1 # $a Roberts
700 1 # $a Redgrave
700 1 # $a Mulready
700 1 # $a Webster
700 1 # $a Landseer
700 1 # $a Linnell
700 1 # $a Humphrys
700 1 # $a Finden
700 1 # $a Smith
700 1 # $a Portbury
700 1 # $a Smith
700 1 # $a Rolls
700 1 # $a Willmore
700 1 # $a Bacon
700 1 # $a Allen
700 1 # $a Miller
700 1 # $a Sangster
700 1 # $a Stocks
700 1 # $a Finden
700 1 # $a Fisher
700 1 # $a Shenton
700 1 # $a Hatfield
700 1 # $a Goodall
700 1 # $a Roden
700 1 # $a Appleton
700 1 # $a Goodyear
700 1 # $a Greatbatch
700 1 # $a Doo
700 1 # $a Outrim
700 1 # $a Pye
700 1 # $a Wallis
700 1 # $a Lightfoot
700 1 # $a Cousen
700 1 # $a Sharpe
700 1 # $a March
700 1 # $a McQueen $e intaglio printer
700 1 # $a Watkins, Daniel
710 2 # $a Horwood and Watkins