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Category: 1780s

A View of Brighthelmstone

A View of Brighthelmstone

Posted on 19th June 20174th December 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00462 Copperplate aquatint engraving by Francis Jukes, etched by S Watts and published by Watts, 50 Strand, London, August 1785. Illustrated on page 63 in Images of Brighton, the text reads: ‘Mar... Read More
To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

Posted on 8th June 201726th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00387 (no 4 of 4) Copperplate line engravings (BPC00384-7) after Eleanor Lay, published 1788 – no engraving in the plain watercoloured skies. The original watercolours by Lay are in Brighton Muse... Read More
To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

Posted on 8th June 201726th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00386 (no 3 of 4) Copperplate line engravings (BPC00384-7) after Eleanor Lay, published 1788 – no engraving in the plain watercoloured skies. The original watercolours by Lay are in Brighton Muse... Read More
To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

Posted on 8th June 201726th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00385 (no 2 of 4) Copperplate line engravings (BPC00384-7) after Eleanor Lay, published 1788 – no engraving in the plain watercoloured skies. The original watercolours by Lay are in Brighton Muse... Read More
To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

To Mrs. Fitzherbert these 4 Views of the Steine at Brighthelmstone, are with Permission Dedicated by her most obedient & devoted humble servant Eleor. Lay

Posted on 8th June 201726th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00384 (no 1 of 4) Copperplate line engravings (BPC00384-7) after Eleanor Lay, published 1788 – no engraving in the plain watercoloured skies. The original watercolours by Lay are in Brighton Muse... Read More
View of the Duke of Cumberland’s House

View of the Duke of Cumberland’s House

Posted on 7th June 20173rd December 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00380 Copperplate line engraving by W Watts after the Hon James Luttrell. Published by J Sewell, August 1786 in the European Magazine. The house was originally built as the home of Dr Richard Russe... Read More
Russell House detail taken from ‘View of the Duke of Cumberland’s House’

Russell House detail taken from ‘View of the Duke of Cumberland’s House’

Posted on 26th May 201719th November 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00338 Copperplate line engraving by W Watts after the Hon James Luttrell. Published by J Sewell, August 1786 in the European Magazine. The house was originally built as the home of Dr Richard Russe... Read More
The Pavilion in 1788

The Pavilion in 1788

Posted on 22nd April 201711th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00301 The Castle Tavern is shown on the left, Grove House on the right. This shows Grove House, just on the northern edge of the Pavilion Estate, but when the Duke of Marlborough sold his first hou... Read More
The Pavilion at Brighton in its former state

The Pavilion at Brighton in its former state

Posted on 22nd April 201729th August 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00296 Aquatint engraving after Eleanor Lay, 1788. The only known engraved view of Holland’s Pavilion from the west. On the reverse of a known copy of this engraving is an old inscription – ... Read More
Ruins of a Church near Brighthelmstone

Ruins of a Church near Brighthelmstone

Posted on 5th April 201717th November 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00190 Copperplate line engraving by J Sparrow, published by Messrs Hogg of Paternoster Row. This is the first edition of the plate, the second edition bore the title ‘Hoove Church, near Brighthel... Read More
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