The New Gallery of British Art - New York: D. Appleton and

Company – 1870. 

Rarely found in never bound original subscription

format.  A fine collection of fine

steel-plate classic engravings.  This lot

consists of steel engravings printed on fine Imperial Quarto paper, with

accompanying letter-press descriptive of each picture.  Set was issued by subscription for .50 per

part, with three engravings per part, for a total of 40 parts and 120

engravings.  The set was designed to be

bound into 2 volumes once complete. 

This lot includes 29 engravings and descriptives and 15

original folders as follows:

Rosin – type paper folder covers - Part I, IX, XI, XII,

XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXIV, XL and 14 backs.  Folders are separated at the middle. 

Also includes the title and index pages for the two volumes,

and the engravings as follows:

Volume 1 Title Page and Index

Volume 1 Engravings:

1) Utrecht

2) Dryburgh Abbey: The Grave of Scott

3) The Chapeau De Brigand

4)  A Lake in Cumberland

5) The Columns of St. Mark, Venice

6) The Maid of Orleans

7) Pilgrims in Sight of Rome

8) In the Highlands

9) The White Cockade

10) The First Voyage

11) The Bay of Naples: Early Morning

12) The Young Falconer

Volume 2 Title Page and Index

Volume 2 Engravings:

1) Evening in the Meadows

2) The Coliseum at Rome

3) The Newspaper

4) The Jew’s Harp

5) The Nest

6) The Scanty Meal

7) The Foundling

8) Drawing the Net at Haweswater

9) Playmates

10 ) The Pasture, Osborne

11) The Eft

12) Drachenfels

13) On the Hill-Side

14) The Visit to Melancthon

15) A Moorish Chief

16 ) The Rest at Eve

17) Greenwich Hospital 

Most engravings are in very good condition.  A few have minor dampstaining at the edges.  Overall, a very attractive and rare

collection of fine engravings.