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    • Author/Creator:Walker, George, active 1792-1815, ill.
    • Title:Twenty four picturesque views in the Isle of Thanet : respectfully dedicated to John Powell Roberts Esqr. of Kingsgate / by George Walker.
    • Published/Created:[Ramsgate] : Pubd. June 1, 1812, by the proprietor & to be had at Mr. Burgess's Library, Ramsgate, [1812]
    • Physical Description:[25] leaves : all ill. ; 25 x 32 cm.
    • Yale Holdings

      • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
      • Call Number: DA690.T43 W35 1812+ Oversize
      • Status:No information available 
      • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
       
    • Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy in plain blue wrappers.
    • Notes:Title page is engraved. Signed: Girtin script. 388 Oxford Street.
    • Format:Book
    • Contents:Contents: Kingsgate -- Manston Cave -- Thorn farm near Minster -- Ramsgate Pier from Albion Place -- Chilton Lane, near Pegwell Bay -- Holican Dale, near Ramsgate -- St. Nicholas -- St. Peters -- Fair Ness near Kingsgate -- Minster -- Stonar, taken from Richborough Castle -- Southwood near St. Lawrence -- An ancient farm house at Sole Street -- Joss Stairs, Kingsgate -- Fishermen securing their boats against the rising-tide at Joss Stairs -- Stone House near Broadstairs -- Minster from the Marshes -- An ancient farm house at Cliffs End -- Manston Green -- Ancient Chantry at St. Lawrence -- Upton near ST. Peter's --Pegwell Bay -- Kingsgate from the sands -- Birchington.
    • Subjects:Thanet (England)--Pictorial works.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Chron--1812.
      Ramsgate--Imprints--Specimens--1812.
      P. Burgess Library--Publisher.
    • Genre/Form:Aquatints--England--1812.
      Aquatints--1812.
    • Also listed under:Girtin, I.