2-791-723 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Colosseum print - south view, 1844. Panorama of London, one of a series made from daguerreotypes by Antoine Claudet, sketched by Henry Anelay and engraved by Ebenezer Landells. The daguerreotype images were taken from the top of York Column: 'The picture was not one complete whole, as it now appears upon the paper, but was divided upon a very great number of small silver plates. These had to be copied, and arranged each in its exact position, any small deficiences being filled in from nature. This labour required a talented artist, and occupied at the top of the column during many days, the pencil of Mr. H. Anelay...the Colosseum Print required upwards of sixty distinct blocks, to be consolidated into one perfect surface, without line, speck or flaw. This was done by Mr. Wells...the drawing upon the wood, a task performed by Mr. Sargeant'. From a supplement to the "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.