Main entry:

Nurse, Bernard, author.

Title & Author:

London : prints & drawings before 1800 / Bernard Nurse.

Publication:

Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford ; London : The London Topographical Society, 2017.

Description:

vi, 226 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 x 29 cm.

Series:

London Topographical Society Publication ; no. 179

Notes:
"The Gough Collection, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Introduction -- Topographical prints and drawings in the eighteenth century -- Richard Gough (1735-1809) : 'the father of British topography' -- I. Maps of London -- II. The City of London -- III. The Buck brothers' panorama of London and Westminster, 1749 -- IV. Westminster -- V. The Thames -- VI. The environs of Georgian London -- VII. London life : illustrating the news -- Appendix I : letters of Richard Gough -- Appendix II : using the Gough collection.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP17.50 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"By the end of the eighteenth century London was the second largest city in the world, its relentless growth fuelled by Britain's expanding empire. Before the age of photography, the most widely used means of creating a visual record of the changing capital was through engravings and drawings, and those that survive today are invaluable in showing us what the capital was like in the century leading up to the Industrial Revolution. This book contains over one hundred images of the Greater London area before 1800 from maps, drawings, manuscripts, printed books and engravings, all from the Gough Collection at the Bodleian Library. Examples are drawn from the present Greater London to contrast town and countryside at the time. Panoramas of the river Thames were popular illustrations of the day, and the extraordinarily detailed engravings made by the Buck brothers are reproduced here. The construction, and destruction, of landmark bridges across the river are also shown in contemporary engravings. Prints made of London before and after the Great Fire show how artists and engravers responded to contemporary events such as executions, riots, fires and even the effects of a tornado. They also recorded public spectacles, creating beautiful images of firework displays and frost fairs on the river Thames. This book presents rare material from the most extensive collection on British topography assembled in this period by a private collector, providing a fascinating insight into life in Georgian London."--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

9781851244126 (Bodleian Library Publishing)
1851244123 (Bodleian Library Publishing)
9780902087668 (London Topographical Society)
0902087665 (London Topographical Society)

Subject:

Bodleian Library.
Prints, English 18th century
Drawing, English 18th century
London (England) History 18th century.
London (England) History 18th century Pictorial works.
London (England) Maps Early works to 1800.
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire 18e siècle.
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire 18e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
England London.
1400-1800

Form/genre:

Maps.
Early works.
History.
Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Publication (London Topographical Society) ; no. 179.

Prints & drawings before 1800
Prints and drawings before 1800

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295083
Call No.: BIB 241034
Status: Available