The · Erechtheion · At · Athens · Fragments Of Athenian Architecture And A Few Remains Of Attica Megara And Epirus Illustrated With Outline Plates And A Descriptive Historical View Combining Also Under The Divisions Cadmeia Homeros And Herodotos The Origin Of Temples And Of Grecian Art Of The Periods Preceding By Henry William Inwood F.S.A. Joint Architect To St. Pancras Church Camden And Regent Square Chapels
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/464
Author
Imprint
London: M.DCCC.XXVII, Printed By William Nicol Cleveland Row St. James's Published By James Carpenter And Son Old Bond Street Josiah Taylor Holborn And Priestley And Weale High Street Bloomsbury.
Physical Description
[8], 161 [1] p. [i.e. 168 p.], 39 pl. [i.e. 34 pl.]; 548 mm.
General Note
There are six unnumbered pages, or rather three unnumbered leaves, preceding pages 91, 125, 155 respectively, each carrying an additional dedication. There are 34 pl. irregularly numbered as 1-5, '8&9', 10-12, 14-17, 19-23, 24, 23, 26-39. (A note on p.117 explains the omission of numbers 6, 7, 13, 18 on the grounds of their being insufficiently detailed.) Plates 1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 32 are dble. In earlier issues (e.g. that of the R.I.B.A.) the plates are differently numbered and there are no additional dedications.
Contents
[T.p.] - Introductory Address - Contents; Plates - [Dedic.] - [Text, 'Book I.(-XVII.)'] - [Dedic.] - [Text, 'Book xviii.(-XXIV.)'] - [Text, 'The Erechtheion. Description Of The Plates. Plate I.(- XIX.)'] - [Plates 1-5, 8/9-12, 14-17, 19] - [Dedic.] - [Text, 'Fragments Of Athenian Architecture ... Plate XX.(-XXXIII.)'] - [Plates 20-33] - [Dedic.] - [Text, 'Remains In Attica, Megara And Epirus. Plate XXXIV.(-XXXIX.)'] - Notes To The Cadmeia (Homeros); [colophon] - [Plates 34-39].
Responsibility Note
Most plates are signed as drawn by H.W. Inwood and engraved by M.A. Nicholson.
Numbers 3, 4 carry the imprint of C. Hullmandel.
The printer's name is repeated in the colophon.
The work is dedicated by Henry William Inwood to John Duke of Bedford. The three additional dedications (on the unnumbered leaves before pp. 91, 125, 155) are from Henry William Inwood to Charles Lord Colchester, William John Bankes and Thomas Hope.
Numbers 3, 4 carry the imprint of C. Hullmandel.
The printer's name is repeated in the colophon.
The work is dedicated by Henry William Inwood to John Duke of Bedford. The three additional dedications (on the unnumbered leaves before pp. 91, 125, 155) are from Henry William Inwood to Charles Lord Colchester, William John Bankes and Thomas Hope.
References
RIBA, Early printed, 2 (1995), no. 1595, p.841-2. [On the early issue.]
On the Greek Revival see J.M. Crook, The Greek Revival (1972, rev. 1995); D. Wiebenson, Sources of Greek Revival architecture (1969).
On the Greek Revival see J.M. Crook, The Greek Revival (1972, rev. 1995); D. Wiebenson, Sources of Greek Revival architecture (1969).
Summary Note
When Inwood and his father were commissioned to design a new church of St. Pancras in London, Inwood spent six months from 1818 to 1819 surveying and recording the Athenian Acropolis. The two vestries of the church, in particular, proclaim the influence of the two tribunes of the Erechtheum, with its celebrated caryatids, while other parts copy the Athenian Tower of the Winds. Drawings of the church were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1819 and 1821.
The text is in the following books: 1-4. Cadmeia; 5-14. Homeros; 15-17. Herodotos; 18-24. Erechtheion.
Plates 1-16 show the Erechtheum: 1. western elevation; 2. plan; 3. restoration, viewed from north-west; 4, 5, 8/9-12, 14-16. architectural details. Plates 17-37 show architectural details of the Erechtheum, the Parthenon, the Temple of Victory and other Athenian temples. Plate 38 shows a plan and view of the Aegisthaena, Megara; plate 39, a Corinthian capital from near Actium.
The text is in the following books: 1-4. Cadmeia; 5-14. Homeros; 15-17. Herodotos; 18-24. Erechtheion.
Plates 1-16 show the Erechtheum: 1. western elevation; 2. plan; 3. restoration, viewed from north-west; 4, 5, 8/9-12, 14-16. architectural details. Plates 17-37 show architectural details of the Erechtheum, the Parthenon, the Temple of Victory and other Athenian temples. Plate 38 shows a plan and view of the Aegisthaena, Megara; plate 39, a Corinthian capital from near Actium.
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'For The Library, of The Royal Academy with the highest respect From The Author.'
Binding Note
19th- or 20th-century half red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'The Erechtheion At Athens - Inwood', 'R.A.' and '1827'.
Subject
Architecture, Greek - Architecture details - Temples - Greece - Attica - Athens - Erechtheum - History - 5th century B.C.
British - Archaeology - Expeditions - Greece - Athens - History - 19th century
Surveys - Reports - Views - Plans - Elevations - Sections - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century
British - Archaeology - Expeditions - Greece - Athens - History - 19th century
Surveys - Reports - Views - Plans - Elevations - Sections - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
William Nicol, printer
James Carpenter, publisher
Josiah Taylor, publisher
John Weale, publisher
Mrs. Mary Priestley, publisher
Henry William Inwood, previous owner, donor
Michael Angelo Nicholson, engraver, lithographer
Charles Joseph Hullmandel, lithographic printer
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, dedicatee
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester, dedicatee
William John Bankes, dedicatee
Thomas Hope, dedicatee
James Carpenter and Son (London), publisher
Priestley and Weale, publisher
James Carpenter, publisher
Josiah Taylor, publisher
John Weale, publisher
Mrs. Mary Priestley, publisher
Henry William Inwood, previous owner, donor
Michael Angelo Nicholson, engraver, lithographer
Charles Joseph Hullmandel, lithographic printer
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, dedicatee
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester, dedicatee
William John Bankes, dedicatee
Thomas Hope, dedicatee
James Carpenter and Son (London), publisher
Priestley and Weale, publisher
