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Title(s):
Views of mighty London ... First [-Second] series ...
Published/Created:
London, Read & Co.; [ca. 1854]
Paris, H. Mandeville [ca. 1854]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. col. fronts., col. plates, col. ports. 27 x 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D26
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, Scenery, 252 (Abbey copy)
No more published.
Published ca. 1854. One plate depicts the new Crystal Palace at Sydenham, which opened in 1854.
Cover-title: Mighty London or The world's metropolis.
Includes many views of the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Plates by Redaway, Patten, Le Petit, Wrightson, Albutt, Clark, Wood, W. Lacey, Chavanne, Allan, Mainwaring, Grieffeld, W. Wallace, Hopkins, Lambert, and Alais; after Read, T. H. Shepherd, Brown, T. H. Jones, Read, Wrightson, Mason, Lambert, Patten, Chavanne, and Clark.
Subject Terms:
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
London (England) -- Pictorial works.
Read & Co. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- ca. 1854.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- ca. 1854.
Stipple engravings -- Hand-colored -- ca. 1854.
Contributors:
Redaway, James C., active 1818-1857, engraver.
Patten.
Le Petit.
Wrightson.
Albutt.
Clark, Rodney.
Wood, Tim.
Lacey, W.
Chavanne.
Allan.
Mainwaring.
Grieffield.
Wallace, W.
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
Brown, Matthew C.
Jones, T. H.
Mason, Morris.
Hopkins.
Lambert, L.-T.
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  • vol. 1. Public buildings, streets, parks, etc.--vol. 2. Environs and royal palaces.

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