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An History of the River Thames

1794
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: An History of the River Thames
  • Author: William Combe (British, London 1742–1823 London)
  • Artist: After Joseph Farington (British, Leith, Lancashire 1747–1821 Didsbury, Lancashire)
  • Engraver: Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, active London, 1780–1822)
  • Dedicatee: Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London)
  • Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
  • Publisher: Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752–1817 Middlesex)
  • Printer: William Bulmer & Co. (London)
  • Date: 1794
  • Medium: Illustrations: aquatints, hand colored
  • Dimensions: 16 13/16 x 12 3/4 x 2 in. (42.7 x 32.4 x 5.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.81(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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