London:: Published By The Author, And To Be Had Of Messrs. M. And N. Hanhart, Lithographic Printers, 64, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square., W. Ostell, Printer, Hart Street, Bloomsbury.
Physical Description
[2], iv p., 12 f., [12] pl. (letterpress and plates loose in portfolio); 586 mm.
Contents
[T.p.] - List Of Subscribers - [Plates and explanatory texts].
Responsibility Note
Most plates are signed in the plate, 'H. Brandling'.
References
Travel In Aquatint And Lithography 1770-1860 From The Library Of J.R. Abbey ... A Bibliographical Catalogue Volume I (repr. 1991), no. 98, p.85-6.
Summary Note
Each plate is followed by a leaf of letter-press explanatory description. The plates are captioned in the plate and assigned titles in the letter-press descriptions. They show: [1] Château d'Eu (façade and garden); [2] church of Eu (interior); [3] Château d'Eu (front and garden); [4] church of S. Jacques, Dieppe; [5] Amiens cathedral (from the east); [6] Amiens cathedral (entrance to south transept); [7] Palais de Justice, Rouen (courtyard); [8] Rouen cathedral: Tour de Beurre (from the market); [9] Rouen cathedral (centre tower, south transept, from the market); [10] church of S. Vincent, Rouen (west entrance); [11] church at Caudebec (from the market); [12] market-place, Caudebec.
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Royal Academy by the Author. Augt. 1849'. Acknowledged RA Council Minutes, X, 246.
Binding Note
19th-century cream paper-covered boards; lower cover lettered 'hcb', upper cover lettered 'Views In The North Of France By Henry Charles Brandling, 1848', within decorative border showing architecture and foliage; rebacked in 20th century, spine lettered, 'Views In The North Of France - Brandling'.
Subject
Architecture - Churches - Public buildings - Marketplaces - Châteaux - France - Dieppe - Somme - Amiens - Normandy - Rouen - Seine-Maritime - Caudebec - History
Views - Travel sketches - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century