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Picturesque views in England and Wales / from drawings by J.M.W. Turner ; engraved under the superintendence of Charles Heath ; with descriptive and historic illustrations by H.E. Lloyd.

Accession number
PML 146808-09
Creator
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
Published
[London : Published for the proprietor, by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1827-1838]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published in parts, with the name of the publisher printed on the original part wrappers varying: pts. 1-7: Published for the proprietor, by Robert Jennings; pts. 8-10: ... by R. Jennings and W. Chaplin; pts. 11-16: ... by Moon, Boys and Graves; pts. 17-18: ... by Hodgson, Boys and Graves; pts. 19-24: ... by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans.
The Colombier folio issue of the 96 plates, as issued in 2 states: preliminary etchings, and india proof impressions in the 1st published state, before letters, with Turner's monogram stamp.
Engravings executed by Edward Goodall, Robert Wallis, W. R. Smith, John Charles Varrall, Robert Brandard, William Miller, James Tibbetts Willmore, Thomas Jeavons, William Radclyffe, Charles Westwood, William Tombleson, James Baylis Allen, J. Henshall, James H. Kernot, John Horsburgh, William John Cooke, Samuel Fisher, James C. Redaway, after drawings by J.M.W. Turner.
Library's copy lacks original wrappers, t.p., and text, consisting soley of two sets of the plates after Turner for a total of 192 plates, untrimmed and loosely laid in two folio albums (this is copy A in the GNR checklist).
Description
2 v. (192 leaves of plates) : ill. ; 67 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 morocco.
Classification
Department