A Short Account Of The Hurricane, That Happened At Roehampton-Lane, And Places Adjacent, In The County Of Surrey On The Fifeenth Of October, 1780, Illustrated By Four Outlines. Washed And Tiented. By E. Edwards, Associate of the Royal Academy.
London:: Printed by H. Reynell, No. 21, near Air-Street, Piccadilly., M.DCC.LXXXI.
Physical Description
iv, 8 p., [4] pl. (text-pages and plates mounted); 287×360 mm. (Obl. 4°).
Contents
[T.p.] - [Note] - A Short Account, &c. - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The first two plates are signed by 'E.E.'
References
ESTC, T145860
Summary Note
The publication-date of 1781 is given on the title-page; plates 1 and 2 carry the date of 1780.
Each page of text is surrounded by a hand-drawn blue border. The account of the hurricane is preceded by a note which includes a short bibliography and a statement that 'The Account that follows was read at the Royal Society, May the 31st, 1781'.
The four plates show fallen trees and a fallen mill. They and their surrounding borders have been coloured by hand.
A related drawing, showing an overturned windmill on Barnes Common, may be seen at the Courtauld Institute, London.
Although not a full Academician, Edwards was employed in the Academy as a teacher of perspective from 1788 to 1806.
Reproductions
A microfilm version was published in 2005 (Woodbridge, Conn.: Primary Source Microfilm [imprint of Thomson-Gale]).
Provenance
Presented by the author (received 8 July 1785, RA Council Minutes, II, 12).
Copy Note
The plates have been numbered on their borders by hand in pencil.
Binding Note
19th-century half red morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Edwards's Account Of The Hurricane At Roehampton'.