[2], ii, [42] p., frontis. (fold. map), 40 [i.e. 20] pl.; 314 mm.
General Note
The prints numbered I-XL are printed two per leaf. Each is preceded by a leaf carrying explanatory letter-press text on its verso only.
Contents
[Frontis. (map), t.p.] - Memorandum (1829) - List Of The Etchings - [Plates and texts].
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece (folding map) is signed as engraved by W.H. Lizars. Each leaf carrying the prints numbered I-XL is signed as drawn by B. Hall and engraved by W.H. Lizars.
Summary Note
Captain Hall is best known for his lively accounts of his travels, which took him to the Americas and Korea. In the 'Memorandum' he writes enthusiastically about the use of the camera lucida, which had been patented by W.H. Wollaston in 1807.
The folding map is hand-coloured.
Provenance
Presented by the author (acknowledged 20 January 1835, RA Council Minutes, VIII, 119).
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, brown moiré cloth-covered boards, red morocco spine-label lettered 'Hall's Camera Lucida Sketches'.
People - Americans - Canadians - Britons - Social life and customs - Landscapes (environments) - United States of America - Canada - History - 19th century
Drawings - Camera lucidas - Landscapes (representations) - 19th century
Travel sketches - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century