Author: Mary McKean
The Dyke Hill near Brighton with an extensive View of the Weald of Sussex
BPC00534 Copper-plate aquatint engraving by and after John Bruce. This print has the watermark ‘J. Whatman 1832’. On the right of the scene is Mr. & Mrs. Thacker’s Dyke Hotel. See all panora... Read More
Opening of the West Pier, Brighton
BPC00538 Wood engraving published in the Illustrated London News, October 13th 1866. The pier, designed by Eugenius Birch, was officially opened on October 6th and finally closed in 1975. It was the f... Read More
St Nicholas Church
BPC00537 Wood engraving, probably from The Illustrated News or The Graphic. It shows the church after the rebuilding work of 1853/4 by Richard Cromwell Carpenter and so dates it to c1860.... Read More
Brighton New Church
BPC00535 Images drawn and lithographed by C.W. Wing. Published by William Tuppen, Royal Marine Library, Brighton c1830. This view shows Richmond Place to the right of the church. The central section o... Read More
The Beach at Brighton – from a drawing by Miss Runciman
BPC 00534 Wood engraving published Oct 8th 1859 in the Illustrated London News. IoB notes that Miss Runciman was an art teacher in Brighton. Images of Brighton 136... Read More
Brighton Suspension Pier
BPC00532 Aquatint engraving from a drawing by Edward Fox, published by W. Saunders, 112 St. James’s Street, Brighton – c1832. IoB notes that the original plate, 207, has been re-engraved to show i... Read More
Castle Square
BPC00531 From the series ‘Album de Brighton’, drawn and published by Messrs. Berthou & Georges, Brighton 1838. The series comprised 6 plates, each with 5 vignettes and two smaller incidental i... Read More