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041 | 0 | # | $a eng |
044 | # | # | $a uk |
100 | 1 | # | $a Lewis, John Frederick $d 1804 - 1876 |
245 | 0 | 0 | $a Lewis's Sketches and Drawings, of the Alhambra, made during a Residence in Granada, in the Years 1833-4. Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding, R.J. Lane, A.R.A, W. Gauci & John F. Lewis. |
246 | 3 | # | $a Sketches and Drawings, of the Alhambra |
260 | # | # | $a London. $b Hodgson Boys & Graves, Printsellers to the King, 6, Pall Mall. Printed at C. Hullmandel's Lithographic Establishment, 49, Great Marlborough Street. $c (1835). |
300 | # | # | $a [27] pl. (incl. t.pl. and engr. dedic.); $c 550 mm. |
500 | # | # | $a The plates carry no numbers but are assigned numbers 1-26 in the 'List of Drawings' (incl. t.pl. but excl. engr. dedic.). |
505 | 0 | # | $a [Frontis.(= pl.1)] - [T.p. with vignette (= pl.26)] - [Engr. dedic. and 'List of Drawings'] - [Plates 2-25]. |
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$a All plates except no.[17] are initialled as drawn by 'I. F. L.' or 'J. F. L.' Most also carry the initials of their lithographers - 'J. D. H.', 'I. F. L.', 'Rd. L.' and 'W.G.' (whose full names are those given on the title-page and again in the 'List of Drawings'). Almost all plates carry the imprint of Hodgson Boys and Graves. The title-page vignette is unsigned. The work is dedicated by J. F. Lewis to Arthur, Duke of Wellington. |
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$a RIBA, Early printed books, 5 (2003), 3941; Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the Library of J. R. Abbey ... A bibliographical catalogue, I (repr. 1991), no. 148, p.128-9. On the influence of Arabic design in Britain see M. Darby, The Islamic perspective: an aspect of British architecture and design in the 19th century (1983). |
520 | 2 | # |
$a No publication-date is given on the title-page. Some plates carry dates alongside the draughtsman's signature - usually 1835, but 1833 on plates 2, 3. Some plates carry earlier dates within the plate - usually of 1833 or 1834. Plate 2 carries the date of 1835 within the plate and 1833 with the draughtsman's signature. The plates provide a survey of the Alhambra or 'Red Citadel' (al-qala al-hamra) at Granada. They are one-tint lithographs. |
541 | # | # | $c Presented by $a the author in $d 1867. (See 'Librarian's Report', RA Annual Report for 1867, p. 27). |
561 | # | # | $a The front loose endpaper is insctibed in ink, 'John F. Lewis R.A.' and again in pencil 'JF. Lewis'. |
563 | # | # | $a 19th-century publisher's quarter red morocco, red watered-cloth-covered boards; spine lettered in gilt, 'Lewis's Sketches Of The Alhambra'. |
653 | # | # | $a Architecture, Arab - Architecture details - Fortresses - Palaces - Gardens - Water-gardens - Spain - Andalucia - Granada - History - 13th century - 14th century - 15th century |
655 | # | 0 | $a Plans - Elevations - Sections - Views - Great Britain - 19th century |
655 | # | 0 | $a Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century |
700 | 1 | # | $a Lewis $e source artist $e draughtsman $e lithographer $e previous owner |
700 | 1 | # | $a Harding $e lithographer |
700 | 1 | # | $a Lane $e lithographer |
700 | 1 | # | $a Gauci $e lithographer |
700 | 1 | # | $a Hullmandel $e lithographic printer |
700 | 1 | # | $a Wellington $e dedicatee |
710 | 2 | # | $a Hodgson, Boys and Graves $e publisher |