COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL023116tr
Reference Number:
R106487
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Iron Works, Colebrook Dale
Parent Work Title:
Romantic and picturesque scenery of England and Wales
Creator:
Pickett, William
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Loutherbourg, Phillippe Jacques de, 1740-1812
Creator Role:
Author
Creator Role:
Artist
Date Created:
1805
Publication Details:
London: Robert Bowyer
Description:
Iron Works, Colebrook Dale, (now Coalbrookdale). In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Coalbrookdale had the highest concentration of iron works in the world along its riverbank. There is still an operational foundry there today. The drawings were made expressly for this publication by P.J. de Loutherbourg; the book includes historical and descriptive accounts of the several places of which views are given. Engraved by William Pickett, and coloured by John Clark.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--Description and travel
Subject:
Industries
Category of Material:
Printed
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Shropshire: Coalbrookdale
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Iron Works, Colebrook Dale
