The Copper Plate Magazine, or Elegant Cabinet of Picturesque Prints, Consisting of Sublime and Elegant Views in Great Britain and Ireland

1797–1802
Not on view
Volumes IV-V bound together, plates 125-248, and index to third and fourth volumes. Each plate has a descriptive page of text. The title page is not dated but many plates are. Quarter bound in red leather with paper boards.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Copper Plate Magazine, or Elegant Cabinet of Picturesque Prints, Consisting of Sublime and Elegant Views in Great Britain and Ireland
  • Artist and publisher: Engraved and published by John Walker (British, active 1776–1802)
  • Artist: After John Britton (British, Kington St. Michael, 1771–1857 London (?))
  • Artist: After George Holmes (Irish, active late 18th–early 19th century)
  • Artist: After J. Eames (British, active 1792–1802)
  • Artist: After Amelia Noel (British, active 1795–1818)
  • Artist: After John Nixon (British, London bap. 1755–1818 Ryde, Isle of Wight)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1797–1802
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching
  • Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (21.5 x 27 x 5.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
  • Object Number: 47.9(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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