Pictures in Print
Major source texts
There are certain categories of book that provide a major source for topographical prints (and sometimes maps). These consist of early county histories and accounts of specific towns, cities or regions, surveys of particular kinds of buildings or industries, antiquarian works and more general national descriptive works. The following works are important sources of illustrations for Co Durham.
Early histories of Co Durham
- Hutchinson, William, The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 3 vols (London, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1785-94)
- Fordyce, William, The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 2 vols (London, 1857)
- Mackenzie, E. & Ross, Metcalf, An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the County Palatine of Durham, 2 vols (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1834)
- Rose, Thomas, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland, illustrated from original drawings by Thomas Allom, &c. With historical & topographical descriptions, 3 vols (London, 1832-35)
- Surtees, Robert, The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 vols (London, 1816-40)
Early town histories in Co Durham
- Allan, Robert Henry, Historical and descriptive view of the city of Durham and its environs (Durham, 1824)
- Brewster, John, The parochial history and antiquities of Stockton upon Tees (Stockton-on-Tees, 1796)
- Garbutt, George, A historical and descriptive view of the parishes of Monkwearmouth and Bishopwearmouth and the port and borough of Sunderland (Sunderland, 1819)
- [Garland, Richard?], A tour in Teesdale; including Rokeby, and its environs (London, 1813 and subsequent editions)
- Longstaffe, W.H.D., The history and antiquities of the parish of Darlington (Darlington, 1854)
- The beauties of Dinsdale in views drawn from nature & lithographed by R. Mackreth (London & Newcastle upon Tyne, 1834)
- Sharp, Sir Cuthbert, History of Hartlepool (Durham, 1816)
Early industrial surveys of Co Durham
- Bailey, John, General view of the agriculture of the County of Durham (London, 1810)
- Fordyce, William, A history of coal, coke, coal fields ... iron, its ores and processes of manufacture, more particularly with reference to the ... iron ores of the Cleveland district ... (London, 1860)
- Granger, Joseph, General view of the agriculture of the County of Durham (London, 1794)
- Hair, T.H. & Ross, M., A series of views of the collieries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham (London, 1844)
Architectural and antiquarian works
- Billings, Robert William, Architectural illustrations and description of the Cathedral Church at Durham (London, 1843)
- Billings, Robert William, Illustrations of the County of Durham: ecclesiastical, castellated, and domestic (London, 1846)
- Carter, John Plans, elevations, sections and specimens of the architecture and ornaments of the Cathedral Church at Durham (London, 1801)
- Perry, J.T., &, Henman, C., Illustrations of the medieval antiquities in the county of Durham (Oxford, 1867)
General surveys containing important Co Durham material
- Brayley, E.W. & Britton, J., The beauties of England and Wales ... vol. 5 includes Co Durham (London: editions in 1804 and 1810)
- Dugdale, William et al., Monasticon Anglicanum 3 vols. (London, 1655-73). New revised and expanded ed., with redone plates, ed. Bandinel, Caley and Ellis, 6 vols in 8 (London, 1817-30)
- Morris, F.O., ed., A series of picturesque views of the seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 vols (London)
- Paine, James, Plans, elevations, and sections of noblemen and gentlemen's houses ... executed in the counties of Derby, Durham ..., 2 vols, (2nd ed.: London, 1783)
Other
Although some of the publishing societies with an interest in the county had been established before 1860, the closing date for the project, there is little relevant topographical illustration in the early volumes of the Surtees Society, or Archaeologia Aeliana.
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