Introduction and links to contents
Use the map or the links below to locate topographical prints of Devon.
Places:
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F-K,
L,
M-O,
P-R.
S,
T,
U-Y and unlocated prints.
These pages may be split as more images are added.
List of sources: 1710-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1849, 1850-1879, prints in series, Rock engraved vignettes.
Engravers: Draft listing by engraver.
Themes:
1. The print trade in Devon.
2. Techniques of printmaking.
3. Exeter Cathedral.
4. Roads and transport.
5. Agriculture.
6. Fishing industry.
7. Quarries and limekilns.
8. Libraries.
Biographical dictionary of Devon printmakers.
The Etched on Devon’s Memory project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, ran from 2002-2003 and digitised over 3,500 topographical prints of Devon, dating from 1660-1870 based on Devon topographical prints 1660-1870 : a catalogue and guide, compiled by John Somers Cocks, which had been published in 1977. The prints depict a wealth of Devon scenes including landscapes, townscapes, buildings and some interior views. The project also created thematic information and a biographical list of illustrators to accompany the images. These are available as research guides.
These pages may be split as more images are added.
List of sources: 1710-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1849, 1850-1879, prints in series, Rock engraved vignettes.
Engravers: Draft listing by engraver.
Themes:
1. The print trade in Devon.
2. Techniques of printmaking.
3. Exeter Cathedral.
4. Roads and transport.
5. Agriculture.
6. Fishing industry.
7. Quarries and limekilns.
8. Libraries.
Biographical dictionary of Devon printmakers.
Drives &c in and about Torquay, 1863-1864
Three albums of topographical prints which have been reproduced in full.
Volume 1.
Volume 2.
Volume 3.
Three albums of topographical prints which have been reproduced in full.
Volume 1.
Volume 2.
Volume 3.
Introduction
The Etched on Devon’s Memory project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, ran from 2002-2003 and digitised over 3,500 topographical prints of Devon, dating from 1660-1870 based on Devon topographical prints 1660-1870 : a catalogue and guide, compiled by John Somers Cocks, which had been published in 1977. The prints depict a wealth of Devon scenes including landscapes, townscapes, buildings and some interior views. The project also created thematic information and a biographical list of illustrators to accompany the images. These are available as research guides.
The present web site was put up after Devon County Council took down the original website that hosted it early in 2017 and the content became temporarily unavailable to researchers. The South West Heritage Trust has been working to remedy this, and the image data is now more easily available through the Special collections help page on the Trust's website, using the online search facility.
A digitised version of the Somers Cocks catalogue plus some additional material has been produced here as part of the Devon bibliography database. As with other sections of the database it is in the process of adding images and locations and bibliographical details have also to be added to many records. Some links may no longer may no longer work as URLS and image filenames have changed:
On the Trust's catalogue it is not easily possible to limit a search to Devon topographical prints but the following search strategies may be helpful:
