If you would like to get in touch, please feel free to contact: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Browse collection
- Full collection
- 18th Century & earlier
- Ackermann
- Africa
- Alken
- Animals
- Arabasia
- Architecture/Mansions
- Art
- Australasia
- Botany
- British Isles
- Caricatures
- Children
- China
- Chromo added colour
- Chromolithographs
- Conchology
- Costume
- Cruikshank
- Culture/Lifestyle
- Dutch
- East European
- Far East
- France
- Furniture/Antiques
- General
- Germany
- Grandville
- Heraldry
- History
- History - England
- History - Europe
- Holy Land
- India
- India - sepia
- Islam
- Italy
- Japan
- Literature
- London
- Manuscript
- Map
- Military
- Monnier
- Natural history
- Pastimes
- Pochoir
- Polar regions
- Portraits
- Religious/Christian
- Religious/other
- Rowlandson
- Russia
- Science
- Scrapbook
- Sepia
- South America
- Sports/Hunting
- Stamps
- Swiss
- The Americas
- Theatre
- Travel/Scenery
- Watercolours
- World
ROWLANDSON, Thomas
Henry Wigstead.
An Excursion to Brighthelmstone made in the Year 1789.
A book of four of stops along the way, four of Brighton itself. Wigstead, a magistrate friend of Rowlandson, provided the text, which serves to promote Brighton’s burgeoning charms (the album is dedicated to the Prince of Wales). These included “the purity of the air, the ever varying prospects of the sea, the excellent accommodation of strangers, and the acknowledged superiority of the bathing machines”.
- Published
- London: G. G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
- References
- Abbey Scenery 54; Prideaux p.356; Bobins 890.
- Plates
- 8
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: G. G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790.
- Ref
- 5556
FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Oblong folio, title, introduction, text, eight hand-coloured aquatint plates within wash coloured borders, each signed and inlaid in a paper mount. Original blue-grey boards and dark green roan back - preserved in half red cloth over paper-backed boards with matching tie. Morocco title label in gilt to upper board. This journey begins on Westminster Bridge and goes via Sutton, Reigate, Crawley, Cuckfield, New Shoreham, and Brighton. Coloured plates in order: 1. Sutton. 2. Reigate. 3. Crawley. 4. Cuckfield. 5. The Steine. 6. Bathing Machines. 7. Saloon at the Marine Pavilion. 8. Race Ground.
