Description of a second view of the ruins of Pompeii, and surrounding country; representing the tragic theatre, covered theatre, temple of Isis, small forum, now exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester-Square / painted, from drawings taken on the spot, by Mr. Burford.
Folded plate entitled: Explanation of a View of the Ruins of Pompeii, exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester-Square.
A note on the verso of the title-page acknowledges the help and support of William Hamilton, Esq., the British Ambassador at Naples, "with the requisite permissions and facilities for prosecuting his [Burford's] studies at Pompeii." "The Proprietors are indebted, for the contents of these pages, to the friendly assistance of Mr. T. Leverton Donaldson, Architect, Member of the Academies of Fines Arts, at Rome, Venice, Milan, and fLorence."
Provenance
Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (20) in vol. I of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.
Binding Note
In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / I'.