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Category: copperplate engraving

London and Brighton Railway – The Great Ouse Viaduct

London and Brighton Railway – The Great Ouse Viaduct

Posted on 30th October 2018 by Mary McKean
BPC00535 Wood engraving by Smyth after a drawing by Henry Meadows, published in the Illustrated London News, Dec 7th 1844, in an article headed ‘Speculations on the Railway’. The view is taken fro... Read More
The Dyke Hill near Brighton with an extensive View of the Weald of Sussex

The Dyke Hill near Brighton with an extensive View of the Weald of Sussex

Posted on 30th October 201830th October 2018 by Mary McKean
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
Royal Circus and Amphitheatre. Billiards, Riding School, Coffee House

Royal Circus and Amphitheatre. Billiards, Riding School, Coffee House

Posted on 27th May 201827th May 2018 by Mary McKean
BPC00528 Copper plate line engraving from Attree’s ‘Topography of Brighton’, published by Longman, Hurst & Co., London 1809. This Royal Circus building is described as being on Carlton Place... Read More
Detail 3 of James Lambert Panorama

Detail 3 of James Lambert Panorama

Posted on 24th March 201824th March 2018 by Mary McKean
BPC00525 This image is one of three details of A Perspective View of Brighthelmstone and of the Sea Coast as far as the Isle of Wight (BPC00492), a first edition copperplate engraving is by P Canot a... Read More
Detail 2 of James Lambert Panorama

Detail 2 of James Lambert Panorama

Posted on 24th March 201824th March 2018 by Mary McKean
BPC00524 This image is one of three details of A Perspective View of Brighthelmstone and of the Sea Coast as far as the Isle of Wight (BPC00492), a first edition copperplate engraving is by P Canot a... Read More
Detail 1 of James Lambert Panorama

Detail 1 of James Lambert Panorama

Posted on 24th March 2018 by Mary McKean
BPC00523 This image is one of three details of A Perspective View of Brighthelmstone and of the Sea Coast as far as the Isle of Wight (BPC00492), a first edition copperplate engraving is by P Canot a... Read More
View of Brighton with the Chain Pier

View of Brighton with the Chain Pier

Posted on 27th January 201827th January 2018 by Mary McKean
BPC00513 Copper-plate line engraving by Frederick Smith after John Constable R.A. Published August 12th 1829 by Colnaghi Son & Co., Printsellers to the King, Pall Mall East & by Mr. Folker, Br... Read More
The Cricket Match between Sussex and Kent, at Brighton (detail)

The Cricket Match between Sussex and Kent, at Brighton (detail)

Posted on 9th August 201726th October 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00173 This image is a detail of BPC00141. Copperplate engraving by G H Phillips after William Drummond and Charles Basebe. Published 1 May 1849 by E Gambart, London, and W H Mason, Brighton. It sho... Read More
The Cricket Match between Sussex and Kent, at Brighton 1849

The Cricket Match between Sussex and Kent, at Brighton 1849

Posted on 9th August 20179th December 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00141 The title continues: ‘This plate is most respectfully dedicated by special permission to HRH Prince Albert.’ There is another, coloured version of this image at BPC00139. There is... Read More
The East Cliff, looking west

The East Cliff, looking west

Posted on 8th August 20176th November 2017 by Mary McKean
BPC00148 (this is a very small original image – see note on image sizes) Copperplate stipple engraving, c1820, produced for a Tunbridge Ware box. No artist or engraver known. There are very few ... Read More
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