Three Hundred and Twenty Picturesque Views in Great Britain
Land and Water Scenery - Castles - Towns - Villages - Seats - Ruins - Villas - Churches - Bridges - Public Buildings - and all objects of Note and Interest.
The whole drawn & engraved by G.W. Bonner. With descriptive illustrations by Charles Mackenzie
Published by Edward Lacey, 76 St. Paul's Church-yard, London. Undated but c.1840.
Also known as Lacey's Picturesque Views in Great Britain
I have sheets 1 to 36 from this book, most have nine scenes on each page - this book itself is not for sale but scans of the sheets in tif and jpg format are available on request - for a fee - they may be used to add interest to a web page or will print out on an A4 sheet - available for a small fee.
Isle of Wight - sheet 1 to 4.
Hastings - sheet 5 to 6.
Hastings & St. Leonards - sheet 7 and St. Leonards etc. sheet 8.
Southampton - sheet 9, with Netley Abbey - sheet 10.
New Forest etc. - sheet 11.
Richmond etc. - sheet 12.
The River Thames - sheet 13 to 16.
Tonbridge Wells etc. - sheet 17 to 18.
Dover - sheet 19 to 20.
Ramsgate and Margate - sheet 21 to 27.
Misc. - sheet 28.
Brighton - Sheet 29 - 30
Brighton with Lewes - Sheet 31
Worthing, Shoreham Etc. - Sheet 32
River Thames - sheet 33 - 34.
Isle of Thanet etc. - sheet 35 - 36
Each image is about 6 x 4 cm and nine on a sheet. - they can be printed out or shown on a webpage much larger.
Sheet 1 - Isle of Wight : Sir J. Hippesley's Castle, East Cowes, East Cowes Castle, Norris Castle, The Medina, Carisbrooke, Entrance to Carisbrooke Castle, The Keep, Quarr Abbey.
Sheet 2 - Isle of Wight - see sample sheet : Isle of Wight Institution, Ryde, The Pier, Sheridan's Boarding-house, The Library, Appley House, The Chine, Brading Church, Bonchurch.
Sheet 3 - Isle of Wight : Chine Head, The Undercliff, St. Boniface, Ventnor Mill, Crab & Lobster Inn, Steephill, St. Lawrence Church, Sand-rock Hotel, Niton. ,The Sand-rock Spring.
Sheet 4 - Isle of Wight : Albion Hotel, Fresh Water Gate, Black-gang Chine, The Needle Rocks, Fresh Water Cliffs, The Bay Fresh Water Cliffs, Yarmouth, Appuldercombe (Lord Yarborough's), Alum Bay - Needles Point, The Cave, Godshill.
Sheet 5 - Hastings : St Clement's Church, Marine Library, All Saint's Church, The Priory, Castle Entrance, Castle Hill, The Castle, The Chapel, The Town Hall.
Sheet 6 - Hastings : Library, St. Clement's Caves, The Theatre, Fairlight Mill, The Lover's Seat, Fairlight Church, The Dripping Well, Ore Church, Farm House.
Sheet 7 - Hastings and St. Leonards : Bohemia Mansion, Old Roar, Chapel Barn, Gothic Tower, The Conqueror's Table, Library, Marteillo Towers, Public Rooms, Bopeep.
Sheet 8 - St Leonards : Hollington Church, Hurstmonceux Castle, Sea Houses, Eastbourne, Pevensey Castle, East Gate, Battle Abbey, Fairlight Glen, Untitled (gent and trees), Coverhurst Cottage.
Sheet 9 - Southampton : West Gate, Itchen Old Ferry, Bar Gate, Itchen, The Castle, Salmon Fishery, South Gate, New Baths, West Wall. Sheet 10 - Southampton, Netley Abbey etc. : Netley Fort, Netley Abbey, East Window, Library, High Street, Pear-tree Church, The Kitchen, South Window, Calshot Castle, Netley Castle.
Sheet 11 - New Forest etc. : St. Dennis' Priory, Lyndhurst Church, William Rufus's Stone, Beaulieu Abbey, The Town Hall, Beaulieu Lodge, Lymington Bridge, Lymington Church, Hurst Castle.
Sheet 12 - Richmond etc. : The Church, The Independent and Catholic Chapels, St. John's Church, Star and Garter, The Old Palace, Kew Gardens, Swiss Cottage, The Theatre, Twickenham Church.
Sheet 13 - The River Thames : New London Bridge, Lambeth Palace, Blackfriars Bridge, Chelsea Hospital, Southwark Bridge, Penitentiary, Westminster Bridge, Red House, Battersea, Waterloo Bridge.
Sheet 14 - The River Thames : Vauxhall Bridge, York House, Wandsworth, Chelsea Bridge, Royal Lodge, Kew, Hammersmith Suspension Bridge, King of Hanover's Kew, Putney Bridge, Kew Bridge, Fulham Church.
Sheet 15 - The River Thames : Zion House, Isleworth, Asgill House, Earl of Mount Edgecomb's, Lady Sullivan's Villa, Duke of Buccleugh's Richmond, Archdeacon Cambridge's, Gay's Summer House, Marble Hill Cottage.
Sheet 16 - The River Thames : Marble Hall, Eel Pie Island, Sir George Pococke's Villa, Strawberry Hill, Pope's Villa, Teddington Lock, Kingston Bridge, Hampton Court, Hampton Bridge.
Sheet 17 - Tunbridge Wells : The Parade, The New Church, Sussex Hotel, Keston Lodge, Sand Rocks, Victoria Lodge, Toad Rock, Penhurst, The High Rocks.
Sheet 18 - Tunbridge Wells : Bayham Abbey, Knole, Hever Castle, Somerhill, Eridge Castle, Tonbridge Castle, The Priory, Grammar School, Farnborough Lodge.
Sheet 19 - Dover : Dover Harbour, The Castle, The Market, The Govenor's House, Colton Gate, The Old Entrance, Custom House, Shakespeare's Cliff, The Church and Pharos.
Sheet 20 - Dover : Priory Gateway, St James's Church, The Refectory, Maison Dieu, Fisherman's Hut, St. Mary's Church, Old Oak, A Scene, The New Goal.
Sheet 21 - Margate : Hawley Square Chapel, Entrance to the Jetty, Zion Chapel, Old House in King Street, Ebenezer Chapel, Library, Hawley Square, Royal Hotel, Bathing Machine, Dandelion House.
Sheet 22 - Margate : Salmestone Grange, Drapers' Alms-Houses, Nash Court, Ruins at Chapel Bottom, Waterloo Tower, Arx Ruochim, Quex, Hengrove, Hartsdown. Sheet 23 - Margate : Levey's Bazaar, Harley Tower, The Theatre, Entrance to the Tivoli, Tivoli Gardens, The Pump, Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary, Birchington Church, Westgate.
Sheet 24 - Ramsgate : East Cliff Lodge, Ellington, Sir W. Garrow's Villa, Light House, Jacob's Ladder, St Lawrence Church, Farm House, Cleve Court, Twenties.
Sheet 25 - Margate : Margate Mills, Lighthouse etc. Margate Harbour, The Market, The Gasometer, Margate Old Church, Droit House. (larger images)
Sheet 26 - Margate : Ancient Gateway at Dandelion, Fort Rocks, View from the Fort, Vicarage House, Westbrook, Kingsgate.
Sheet 27 - North Foreland Lighthouse, Obelisk etc. Ramsgate, Trinity Church Margate, St. George's Church Ramsgate, Pegwell Bay, Broadstairs Harbour.
Sheet 28 - Richmond Bridge, Entrance to Hastings from the London Road, The St. Leonard's Hotel; Library; Baths etc., Tonbridge Wells, Herne Bay Pier, The Needles; Isle of Wight.
Sheet 29 - Brighton: Pavilion Entrance, Swiss Cottage, The Pavilion, National Schools, Font in St. Nicholas Church, Bedford Hotel, Entrance to the Royal Stables, St. Nicholas Church.
Sheet 30 - Brighton: Chain Pier-Toll, St. Peter's Church, Chain Pier, German Spa, Gothic Tower (Zoological Gardens), The Chalybeate, Lamprell's Baths, Theatre.
Sheet 31 - Brighton, Lewes Etc. : Queen's Riding School, Statue of George the Fourth, Bird Room (Zoological Gardens), Aviary (Zoological Gardens), Sailing, Warwick House, Lewes Castle, The Great Gateway, St. John's Church (Lewes).
Sheet 32 - Worthing, Shoreham Etc. : Sea House Hotel, The Archery Ground, Theatre, Old Shoreham Church, Chapel of Ease (Worthing), New Shoreham Church, Ruins of Aldrington Church, Hove Church.
Sheet 33 - River Thames : Old London Bridge, London Bridge Steam Packet Wharf, St. Catherines Steam Packet Wharf, Greenwich Hospital, Rotherhithe, Patent Steam Washing Works, Source of the Thames, Woolwich Dock Yard, Mast House.
Sheet 34 - River Thames : Half-way Reach, Erith, Erith Reach, Purfleet, Northfleet Hope, Gravesend, East Tilbury, Tilbury Fort, Denton Mills.
Sheet 35 - Isle of Thanet Etc. : Chapel of Ease Broadstairs, Ranelagh Gardens, Kingsgate, Raneligh Gardens, York Gate Broadstairs, Shallows, Sacket's Hill, St. Peter's Church Broadstairs.
Sheet 36 - The Nore, Isle of Thanet Etc. : Hadleigh Castle, Crow Stone, Southend, Nore Lights, Reculvers, Calais Court, Whitfield Tower, Muthrix.
added 26 September 2004
(all 36 sheets have now been scanned as tiff files.)
A short discription of each illustration is also available, written by Charles Mackenzie.
All are available for a small fee:
If you are interested in a low (jpeg) or high quality (tiff) scan or photocopy of any of these please contact:
rogervaughan@blueyonder.co.uk
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