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Title

  • Woodburn's Gallery of rare portraits : consisting of original plates, by Cecil, Delaram, Droeshout ... &c., with facsimile copies from the rarest and most curious portraits, illustrative of Granger's Biographical history of England, Clarendon's History of the rebellion, Burnet's History of his own time, Pennant's London, &c. ... containing two hundred portraits, of persons celebrated for their diplomatic services, military or naval atchievements, literary acquirements, eccentric habits, or some peculiar feature in their lives deserving the notice of the historian and biographer; particularly the ... equestrian set of plates in the illustrated Clarendon, belonging to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, K.G., with others from the most remarkable and singular prints, in the possession of different noblemen and gentlemen, celebrated for their collection of rare portraits.

Other Title

  • Gallery of rare portraits

Names

  • Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 or 1786-1853.
  • Hering, Charles, 1762 or 1763-1815, binder, attributed name.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Pub. for the proprietor, by G. Jones, 1816.

Headings

  • -  Portraits, British
  • -  Portraits

Genre

  • Bookbinding (Binding)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1967
  • -  LC copy: Binding: Full blue morocco; large diamond center compartment and triangular corners, with blind pressed and gold tooled borders (Hering?).
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-09-09 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC tnb 2022-01-20 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC tnb 2022-01-26 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC tnb 2022-03-22 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-25 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 v. : fronts., plates, ports. ; 44 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • N7598 .W6
  • N7598 .W6 Copy 2 Full blue straight grained morocco. Bookplate of Howard C. Levis.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 35021602

OCLC Number

  • 6545681

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 Or, Charles Hering, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Woodburn's Gallery of rare portraits: consisting of original plates, by Cecil, Delaram, Droeshout ... &c., with facsimile copies from the rarest and most curious portraits, illustrative of Granger's Biographical history of England, Clarendon's History of the rebellion, Burnet's History of his own time, Pennant's London, &c... containing two hundred portraits, of persons celebrated for their diplomatic services, military or naval atchievements, literary acquirements, eccentric habits, or some peculiar feature in their lives deserving the notice of the historian and biographer; particularly the ... equestrian set of plates in the illustrated Clarendon, belonging to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, K.G., with others from the most remarkable and singular prints, in the possession of different noblemen and gentlemen, celebrated for their collection of rare portraits. London: Pub. for the proprietor, by G. Jones, 1816. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/35021602/.

APA citation style:

Woodburn, S., Hering, C., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1816) Woodburn's Gallery of rare portraits: consisting of original plates, by Cecil, Delaram, Droeshout ... &c., with facsimile copies from the rarest and most curious portraits, illustrative of Granger's Biographical history of England, Clarendon's History of the rebellion, Burnet's History of his own time, Pennant's London, &c... containing two hundred portraits, of persons celebrated for their diplomatic services, military or naval atchievements, literary acquirements, eccentric habits, or some peculiar feature in their lives deserving the notice of the historian and biographer; particularly the ... equestrian set of plates in the illustrated Clarendon, belonging to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, K.G., with others from the most remarkable and singular prints, in the possession of different noblemen and gentlemen, celebrated for their collection of rare portraits. London: Pub. for the proprietor, by G. Jones. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/35021602/.

MLA citation style:

Woodburn, Samuel, 1785 Or, et al. Woodburn's Gallery of rare portraits: consisting of original plates, by Cecil, Delaram, Droeshout ... &c., with facsimile copies from the rarest and most curious portraits, illustrative of Granger's Biographical history of England, Clarendon's History of the rebellion, Burnet's History of his own time, Pennant's London, &c... containing two hundred portraits, of persons celebrated for their diplomatic services, military or naval atchievements, literary acquirements, eccentric habits, or some peculiar feature in their lives deserving the notice of the historian and biographer; particularly the ... equestrian set of plates in the illustrated Clarendon, belonging to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, K.G., with others from the most remarkable and singular prints, in the possession of different noblemen and gentlemen, celebrated for their collection of rare portraits. London: Pub. for the proprietor, by G. Jones, 1816. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/35021602/>.