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The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North west view

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View of Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, from the north west; the Norman Gate in the background on the left; trees below the tower in the foreground.

  • Printmaker: Kernot, J. H., printmaker.
  • Title: The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North west view [graphic] : part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / Mich. Gandy, del. ; Sir Jeffry Wyatville, architect ; engraved by J.H. Kernot.
  • Edition: [Proof].
  • Publication: [London] : [John Weale], [1841]

Catalog record

Topos B513 no. 1+

Acquired August 2022

The works of William Hogarth

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An expanded edition of the 1833 Jones & Co. publication of the same name, re-use of the 107 plates with the addition of 43 new plates

  • Author: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
  • Title: The works of William Hogarth : in a series of one hundred and fifty steel engravings by the first artists : with descriptions and a comment on their moral tendency : in two volumes / by the Rev. John Trusler ; to which are added anecdotes of the author and his works by J. Hogarth and J. Nichols. Vol. I[-II]
  • Publication: London : E.T. Brain & Co., 88 Fleet Street, and at New-York, [1849?]

Catalog Record

75 H67 S849 Copy 1

Acquired August 2021