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Trent
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1579 · Item · No date [reproduction of 1834 sketch drawing]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Trento'
'Sept. 20, 1834 JDH'
'Printed by the Permanent Printing Company (Woodbury Process), 9A, Hereford Square, S. W.'
'J. D. H.' [monogram]

[James Duffield Harding]

'Trento dalia Sept. 24 1834' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in bottom margin.

Harding, James Duffield, 1797-1863, artist
Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1493 · Item · [c. 1835]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Plan of Ancient Rome. by W. B. Clarke, Arch[itec]t'
'Engraved by J. & C. Walker'
'Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'

J[ ] and C[ ] Walker after W[ ] B[ ] Clarke.

Scale: 1 inch to 400 feet

Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1551 · Item · 1835
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

Three engravings of churches and squares at Rome, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Piazza del Popolo'; 23.5 x 16.9 cm on 34 x 27 cm sheet
  • 'Piazza di S. Pietro'; 23.3 x 16.9 cm on 34.1 x 27.2 cm sheet
  • 'Esterno della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore.'; 23.4 x 16.9 cm on 34 x 27.1 cm sheet

'No. 5 endorsed in manuscript in pencil in top right corner.

'Domenico Amici disegnò dal vero e incise nel 1835'

'Rome' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in top right corner of backing.

Amici, Domenico, b. 1808, engraver
Genoa
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1463 · Item · [c. 1835]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Genoa (Genova.) (Gènes.)'
'Drawn by W. B. Clarke'
'Engraved by B. R. Davies'
'Published under the Supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'

B[ ] R[ ] Davies after W[ ] B[ ] Clarke.

Scale: 6 cm to 500 metres

Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1552 · Item · 1835 - 1837
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

Six engravings of notable buildings and views at Rome, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Interno della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore'; 23.4 x 17.1 cm on 34.2 x 27.3 cm sheet
  • 'Interno della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano'; 23.5 x 17 cm on 34 x 27.1 cm sheet
  • 'Interno della Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano'; 23.3 x 17 cm on 34.2 x 27.2 cm sheet
  • 'Fontana di Trevi'; 23.3 x 17 cm on 34.1 x 27.1 cm sheet
  • 'Veduta del Campidoglio'; 23.3 x 17 cm on 34.1 x 27.2 cm sheet
  • 'Esterno della Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano'; 23.2 x 17 cm on 34.3 x 27.2 cm sheet

'Domenico Amici disegnò dal vero e incisi nel 1835 [1836, 1837]'

Amici, Domenico, b. 1808, engraver
Florence
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1445 · Item · 1835; no date
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

Two maps of Florence, mounted on one sheet.

  • 'Florence. Firenze.'; 'Drawn by W.B. Clarke, Arch[itec]t'; 'Engraved by E. Turnbull'; 'Published by Baldwin & Cradock [...] 1835'; 'Published under the Supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'; various scales; black and white; engraving; 37.2 x 27.7 cm on 41.4 x 33.3 cm sheet; [Society for the Diffusion [ ]: 'A series of maps, modern and ancient under the supervision of the Society [ ]' (London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1829-1835) (Library of Congress, 'Atlases', No. 753)]
    -'Florenz'; scale 1:18,700; colour; 22.1 x 14.6 cm; from 'Meyers Konv[ersations]. - Lexikon, 4te Auf[lage], Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig'

E [ ] Turnbull after W[ ] B[ ] Clarke; anon.

Bellagio, Lake Como
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1436 · Item · No date, 1837
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

One reproduction and one lithograph of views at Lake Como, mounted on one sheet.

-'Como'; [Samuel Prout]; 31.8 x 25.4 cm sheet and backing
-'Bellagio, Lake of Como; from the Terrace of the Hotel'; 'Drawn from Nature & on Stone by George Barnard'; 'Printed by C. Hullmandel'; 'London: Published by Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand, June 1837'; lithograph; 45.7 x 32.7 cm on 51.1 x 39.6 cm sheet

Samuel Prout; George Barnard.

Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852, water colour painter
Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1517 · Item · [after 1839]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio, detto il Colosseo'
'Presso l'Autore a Strada Felice vicino alla Trinità de Monti'
'Piranesi F.'

'29' and '781' endorsed in top right corner.

'X' endorsed in bottom left corner.

'Regia Calcografia di Roma' embossed with stamp in bottom left corner.

'[ ]' embossed in bottom margin.

'135' [Cities Exhibition] endorsed in bottom right corner in manuscript in pencil.

From 'Vedute di Roma' (late 1740s to after 1760) (Wilton-Ely, John, 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the complete etchings' (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Art, 1992-1994), 1, no. 191).
This print is a later impression made at the Calcografia Nazionale (previously Calcografia Reale) in Rome after 1839 (Wilton-Ely, John, 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the complete etchings' (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Art, 1992-1994), 2, appendix no. 781).

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1726-1778, engraver and architect
Trent
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1581 · Item · 1840
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Trent in the Tyrol. Engraved from the original Picture in the Collection of Samuel Cartwright [...]'
'Painted by A. W. Callcott, R. A.'
'Engraved by James B. Allen'
'London, published July 1, 1840 [...]'

James Baylie Allen after Augustus Wall Callcott.

Allen, James Baylie, 1803-1876, engraver, woodcutter
Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1509 · Item · [after 1849]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

Three bird's eye views of Rome.

'Dessiné par A. Guesdon'
'Lith par J. Arnout'
'Imp. de Lemercier, Paris'

J[ ] Arnout after Alfred Guesdon.

From 'L'Italie a vol d'ouseau'.

Guesdon, Alfred, 1808-1876, architect, painter and lithographer
Turin
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1584 · Item · [after 1849]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Vue prise audessus du Couvent du Mont'
'Dessinée par Guesdon'
'Lith par Springer'

[ ] Springer after Alfred Guesdon.

'25' endorsed in bottom margin.

From 'L'Italie a vol d'oiseau'.

Guesdon, Alfred, 1808-1876, architect, painter and lithographer
Turin
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1585 · Item · [c. 1850]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

Two sheets with three engravings of notable views at Turin.

'Carlo Bossoli dis.'
'F. Salathe inc.'
'Torino presso editore Gio Batt. Maggi [...]'

Friedrich Salathé after Carlo Bossoli.

From an unidentified publication.

Salathé, Friedrich, 1793-1858, architect, painter and engraver
Venice
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1591 · Item · [c. 1850]
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'The Giant's stairs, Ducal Palace, Venice'
Title repeated in French and German.

'Drawn by W. L. Leitch'
'Engraved by T. Turnbull'

T[ ] Turnbull after William Leighton Leitch.

'J.T. No 101' endorsed in manuscript in pencil on backing.

Leitch, William Leighton, 1804-1883, landscape painter
Rome
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1508 · Item · 1850
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

Reproduction of a panoramic view of Rome with soldiers and armament in the foreground.

'W. G. Mason f[e]c[it].'
'Supplement to the "Illustrated London News," May 4, 1850 - Frontispiece to Vol XVI.'
'Given with the "Illustrated London News," and published by William Little, 198, Strand, London.'

W[ ] G[ ] Mason

'1849' endorsed in bottom right corner in manuscript in pencil [by Patrick Geddes].

'No. 4' endorsed in top left corner in manuscript in pencil.

'Rome' endorsed in top margin left in manuscript in pencil.

Florence
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1448 · Item · 1864
Part of Italy: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

View of Florence.

'J. Graham Florence 1864 No 600'

Signature, date and number in manuscript in bottom left corner of plate.

Graham, James, 1806-1869, photographer