Research Catalog

Rowlandson's world in miniature : consisting of groups of figures for the illustration of landscape scenery

Title
Rowlandson's world in miniature : consisting of groups of figures for the illustration of landscape scenery / drawn and etched by T. Rowlandson.
Author
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Publication
London : R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1816.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request Appointment

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

TextRestricted use Arents BIP (Rowlandson, T. Rowlandsons 1816) 06-117Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

Details

Additional Authors
Rudolph Ackermann (Firm) pbl
Description
40 leaves : all ill.; 25 cm.
Alternative Title
World in miniature
Subject
  • Country life in art
  • Figure drawing > Technique
Genre/Form
  • Drawing books – Great Britain – 19th century.
  • Etchings – Great Britain – 19th century.
Note
  • Title from covers of parts.
  • Issued in 8 monthly pts., each containing 5 prints.
  • Each print has imprint (varies slightly): London: Pub. March[-Octr.] 1, 1816, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand.
  • Illustrations: 40 prints : etching ; full-page. Each print includes from 1 to 3 groups of figures. Many include landscapes or townscapes as background.
  • Numbered in medium 1-40.
  • Error in numbering: No. 39 omitted; no. 40 repeated.
  • Reissued in 1817 in book form with a printed t.p. with title: The world in miniature.
  • Each part (no.) stitched into greenish gray paper covers; publisher's and general advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers. Additional publisher's adverisements ([8] p.) inserted in pt. 4.
Indexed In (note)
  • Grolier Club. Thomas Rowlandson
  • Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1979 ed.)
Call Number
Arents BIP (Rowlandson, T. Rowlandsons 1816) 06-117
OCLC
8191588
Author
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Title
Rowlandson's world in miniature : consisting of groups of figures for the illustration of landscape scenery / drawn and etched by T. Rowlandson.
Imprint
London : R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1816.
Indexed In:
Grolier Club. Thomas Rowlandson, 35
Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1979 ed.), 437
Local Note
Arents copy: Plates in pt. 1 lack numbering; supplied in ms. Provenance: Reuben Jay Flick (bookplate).
Connect to:
Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection
Added Author
Rudolph Ackermann (Firm) Publisher
Flick, Reuben Jay. Former owner
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Rowlandson, T. Rowlandsons 1816) 06-117
View in Legacy Catalog