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The history of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster

Creator: RUDOLPH ACKERMANN
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH.
The history of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster;
with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital.
Stock Code 103312
London, R. Ackerman, 1816
£2,750
This was the fifth of Ackermann's 'sumptuously illustrated volumes of English topography'. The finest pictorial record of the nine most famous schools in England, the artists include Pugin, Nash and Westall while the engraving was carried out by such masters of aquatint as Stadler, Bluck, Havell among others. The plates are chiefly of interior views with illustrations of gowned scholars. (Adams)

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Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	19th Century
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	103312
Incollect Reference #:	611940

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