Attack of the Sealkote Mutineers by General Nicholsons Irregular Cavalry
Cartographer : - Gaspey, Thomas 1788 – 1871
- Date: - 1852-59
- Size: - 10 1/2in x 7 1/2in (265mm x 185mm)
- Ref#: - 92917
- Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition
Description:
This fine original steel-plate engraved antique print was published in The History of England by Robert Gaspey published in 8 volumes by The London Printing Company between 1852-59.
These are superb original engraving of scenes from British history, many after well known works of art by famous artists.
General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color : - off white
Age of map color: -
Colors used: -
General color appearance: -
Paper size: - 10 1/2in x 7 1/2in (265mm x 185mm)
Plate size: - 10 1/2in x 7 1/2in (265mm x 185mm)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: - None
Verso: - None
The History of England an 8 volume publication illustrating history of the British Isles with steel plate engravings by the likes of Jonathan Rogers, George Finden, Thomas Hollis, Robert Sands, Henry Lemon and others of great art works of famous people, battles and scenes from British history.
Thomas Gaspey was an English novelist and journalist.
He was born in Hoxton as the son of William Gaspey, a lieutenant in the navy. While a youth he wrote verses for yearly pocket-books, and when about twenty contributed to Literary Recreations, a monthly publication, edited by Eugenius Roche of the Morning Post. Soon afterwards he was engaged as parliamentary reporter on the Morning Post, contributing also dramatic reviews, political parodies, and reports of trials for treason. In this paper he wrote an Elegy on the Marquis of Anglesey\\\'s Leg, a jeu d\\\'esprit which has been persistently attributed to Canning. On the Morning Post he was employed sixteen years, then for three or four years on the Courier, a government paper, as sub-editor. In 1828 he bought a share in the Sunday Times, the tone of which paper he raised as a literary and dramatic organ, Horace Smith, the Rev. T. Dale, Alfred Crowquill, E. L. Blanchard, Gilbert à Beckett, and others contributing.
His Richmond (1827) and The History of George Godfrey (1828) are considered as early examples of the Newgate novel.
He was for many years the senior member of the council of the Literary Fund. He was considered an excellent mimic. The last twenty years of his life were spent quietly on his property at Shooter\\\'s Hill, Kent, where he died on 8 December 1871, aged 83, and was buried at Plumstead, Kent.
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