Virtue's Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain, Kent: Illustrated by Topographical, Historical and Critical Notices; combining every interesting object; Ancient and Modern from an elaborate Survey & original designs Taken upon the Spot
Artwork Details
- Title: Virtue's Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain, Kent: Illustrated by Topographical, Historical and Critical Notices; combining every interesting object; Ancient and Modern from an elaborate Survey & original designs Taken upon the Spot
- Publisher: George Virtue (London)
- Illustrator: George Bryant Campion (British, ca. 1796–1870 Munich)
- Illustrator: Thomas Mann Baynes (British, London 1794–1854)
- Illustrator: John Preston Neale (British, 1780–1847 Suffolk)
- Illustrator: William Henry Bartlett (British, London 1809–1854 at sea)
- Illustrator: George Sidney Shepherd (British, London 1784–1862 London)
- Illustrator: Henry Gastineau (British, ca. 1791–1876 Camberwell)
- Illustrator: Joseph Fussell (British, Birmingham 1818–1912 San Diego, California)
- Illustrator: Jacques Pierre François Salmon (French, 1781–1855)
- Illustrator: Robert Burford (British, 1792–1861 London)
- Illustrator: William Deeble (British, 1791–1861)
- Engraver: W. Watkins (British, active 1823–31)
- Engraver: John Rogers (British, active ca. 1810–61)
- Engraver: Henry Wallis (British, Bungay, Suffolk, 1805–1890 London)
- Engraver: Henry Adlard (British, 1799–1893)
- Engraver: C. Bedford (British, active 1828–30)
- Engraver: Samuel Lacey (British, 1787–1859)
- Engraver: Charles Henry Mottram (British, 1807–1876 London)
- Engraver: Thomas Garner (British, Birmingham 1789–1868 Birmingham)
- Engraver: Richard Winkles (British, active 1828–29)
- Engraver: James Baylis Allen (British, Birmingham 1803–1876 London)
- Engraver: Josiah Henshall (British, 1806–1869 London)
- Engraver: John James Hinchliff (British, 1805–1875 Walton by Clevedon, Somerset)
- Engraver: John Cleghorn (British, active 1827–80)
- Engraver: Charles Armstrong (British, died 1839 London)
- Engraver: Joseph Lambert (British, 1821–28)
- Engraver: McClatchie (British, active 19th century)
- Engraver: John A. Rolph (American (born England), Essex 1799–1862 Brooklyn, New York)
- Engraver: Fothergill (British, active 1828)
- Engraver: Robert Roffe (British, active from 1797–died 1839) [signed R. Roffe]
- Date: 1828
- Medium: Illustrations: steel engraving
- Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/8 in. (29.2 x 22.9 x 2.9 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Katherine and David E. Moore, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.1210.6
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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