Description of the view of the battle of Vittoria, and the great victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army under Joseph Bonaparte, now exhibiting in Henry Aston Barker's Panorama, Leicester Square.

Henry Aston Barker

RA Collection: Book

Record number

24/909

Author

Imprint

London: J. Adlard, 1814

Physical Description

12 p., 1 plate (folded): illus.; 210 mm.

General Note

A note on the plate states that 'The View, painted by Henry Aston Barker and Assistants, [is taken] from Drawings taken on the spot by Mr. [John] Burford'.

Provenance

Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (26) in vol. I of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.

Binding Note

In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / I'.

Subject

Panoramas - Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England) - Vittoria, Battle of, 1813 - Peninsular War, 1808-1814, Napoleonic Wars, Spain and Portugal

Contributors

Henry Aston Barker, artist/designer
John Burford, source artist
Mrs. Rodwell, donor
Richard Westmacott the Younger RA, previous owner
James William Adlard, printer