Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Museum Disneianum : being a description of a collection of ancient marbles, specimens of ancient bronze, and various ancient fictile vases, in the possession of John Disney, at the Hyde, near Ingatestone ; with engravings.
Published / Created:: London : Published by J. Rodwell, 46, New Bond Street. Printed by G. Woodfall and son, 1846-1849.
Physical Description:: 3 volumes (xv, [1], 281 pages) : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Lithographs by and after James Astbury Hammersley and by Filippo Pistrucci. Some printed by Hullmandel & Walton. Engraving by George Measom.
Contents:: Pt. I. Ancient marbles. London : Rodwell, 1846 -- Pt. II. Specimens of ancient art. London : Rodwell, 1848 -- Pt III. Ancient fictile vases. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849.
Subject Terms:: Disney, John, 1746-1816 -- Art collections. | The Hyde (Essex, England) | Art -- Private collections. | Sculpture -- Private collections. | Bronzes -- Private collections. | Vases -- Private collections. | Classical antiquiies.
Form/Genre:: Lithographs -- 1846-1849. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1846-1849. | Wood engravings -- 1846-1849.
Contributors:: Hollis, Thomas, 1720-1774. | Brand Hollis, Thomas, approximately 1719-1804. | Tate, James, 1771-1843, translator. | Hammersley, James Astbury, 1815-1869, illustrator. | Pistrucci, Filippo, lithographer. | Measom, George S., engraver. | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, publisher. | Hullmandel & Walton, printer. | George Woodfall and Son, printer. | Walter, Paul F., donor.