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[MASON, W. H. Panoramic View of Brighton, Ackermann: ca. 1833].
Continuous strip hand-coloured aquatint panorama (section of approximately 460mm. lacking at right-hand end, a few repaired tears, occasional light browning, a few spots), approximately 112 x 4,170mm. on wooden roller.
A poignant evocation of Brighton's seafront and street-life at a turning point in the town's history, just before Victorian commercialisation, precipitated by the arrival of the railway in 1841, transformed the scale of building for ever. Apart from some of the grander Regency terraces depicted, most of the humbler, domestic buildings have gone. Amongst the numerous buildings listed along the lower margin of the aquatint strip are "The Anthoeum," "Western House," "Norfolk Hotel," "Oriental Place," "Byam House," "Esplanade Boarding House," "Artillery Lodge & Baths" and "Custom House." Abbey Life 527.
Continuous strip hand-coloured aquatint panorama (section of approximately 460mm. lacking at right-hand end, a few repaired tears, occasional light browning, a few spots), approximately 112 x 4,170mm. on wooden roller.
A poignant evocation of Brighton's seafront and street-life at a turning point in the town's history, just before Victorian commercialisation, precipitated by the arrival of the railway in 1841, transformed the scale of building for ever. Apart from some of the grander Regency terraces depicted, most of the humbler, domestic buildings have gone. Amongst the numerous buildings listed along the lower margin of the aquatint strip are "The Anthoeum," "Western House," "Norfolk Hotel," "Oriental Place," "Byam House," "Esplanade Boarding House," "Artillery Lodge & Baths" and "Custom House." Abbey Life 527.
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