Memoirs Of The Late John Bacon, Esq. R.A. - By The Rev. Richard Cecil, M.A. Late Rector Of Bisley, And Vicar Of Chobham, Surrey; And Minister Of St. John's-Chapel, Bedford-Row, London. - A New Edition. -
Revd. Richard Cecil
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/4753
Author
Imprint
London:: Printed By Whittingham And Rowland, Goswell Street. -, 1811.
Physical Description
[2], 92 p., engr. port.; 218 mm. (Octavo.)
General Note
The engraved portrait, bound in as a frontispiece, carries the rubric, 'Facing p. 129'.
Contents
[Half-t., frontis., t.p.] - Advertisement - [Text]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece is signed as painted by I. Russell R.A. and engraved by I. Collyer A.R.A.
References
T. Clifford, 'John Bacon and the manufacturers', in Apollo , 122 (1985), p.288-304; A. Cox-Johnson, John Bacon (1961).
Summary Note
The work had first been published in 1801 (an expanded version of an article printed in The Gentlemen's Magazine, 1799 September).
Immediate source of Acquisition
Purchased in , 1867 (Librarian's Report, RA Annual Report for 1867, p. 26).
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, brown cloth-covered boards; red morocco spine-label, lettered, 'Memoirs Of J. Bacon R.A. - Cecil', spine lettered 'R.A.'
Name as Subject
Subject
Sculptors - Artists - Sculpture - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Contributors