HAVELL, Robert, Junior. Costa Scena or a Cruise along the Southern Coast of Kent. London: [Robert Havell and Son], March [1823]. A hand-coloured aquatint panorama after Havell with engraved title at start (approx. 81 x 5450mm. overall), numbered in sections from 1 (Greenwich) to 62 (Calais). (Tears to title causing loss of a few letters and year of publication, repaired tears into image and slight losses at join between scenes 7 and 8, occasional small isolated spots and marks). In original boxwood drum with orange-on-black title label showing the figures of Britannia and Neptune. Provenance: sold Christie's South Kensington, 1 September 2008, lot 154.
HAVELL, Robert, Junior. Costa Scena or a Cruise along the Southern Coast of Kent. London: [Robert Havell and Son], March [1823]. A hand-coloured aquatint panorama after Havell with engraved title at start (approx. 81 x 5450mm. overall), numbered in sections from 1 (Greenwich) to 62 (Calais). (Tears to title causing loss of a few letters and year of publication, repaired tears into image and slight losses at join between scenes 7 and 8, occasional small isolated spots and marks). In original boxwood drum with orange-on-black title label showing the figures of Britannia and Neptune. Provenance: sold Christie's South Kensington, 1 September 2008, lot 154.

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HAVELL, Robert, Junior. Costa Scena or a Cruise along the Southern Coast of Kent. London: [Robert Havell and Son], March [1823]. A hand-coloured aquatint panorama after Havell with engraved title at start (approx. 81 x 5450mm. overall), numbered in sections from 1 (Greenwich) to 62 (Calais). (Tears to title causing loss of a few letters and year of publication, repaired tears into image and slight losses at join between scenes 7 and 8, occasional small isolated spots and marks). In original boxwood drum with orange-on-black title label showing the figures of Britannia and Neptune. Provenance: sold Christie's South Kensington, 1 September 2008, lot 154.

HAVELL'S STUNNING, DELICATELY COLOURED MARITIME PANORAMA showing regatta-like scenes along the coast crowded with yachts and every conceivable type of craft. The imprint on the title is supplied in a contemporary hand. Abbey Life 490; Gee Sporting Panoramas 7: 'a beautiful panorama 18 feet long'.
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The drum, containing the panorama, has a new spindle.

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