The pictorial album
Subtitle: or, Cabinet of paintings
By: containing eleven designs, executed in oil colours by G. Baxter from the original pictures with illustrations in verse and prose.
Contributors: Baxter, George, 1804-1867.; L. E. L. 1802-1838.; Ollier, James.; Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.; Corbaux, Fanny, 1812-1883.; Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852.; Westall, William, 1781-1850; Bradbury & Evans.
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Published: 1837
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.
Other titles: Cabinet of paintings.
Notes: Col. wood engraved t.p.

Preface signed "C." and dated 1836, includes a description of the Baxter process of colour printing.

Prose and poetry attributed to J. Collier and Miss Landon by Abbey (Life in England, 196) and others.  However, this issue (without the phrase "for the year 1837" on the title page) has at the foot of its contents page: "The poetical illustrations by Miss Landon.  The prose by James Ollier.".  The poetry and prose are also attributed to Miss Landon and James Ollier respectively in an advertisement on p. 849 of the Literary Gazette for Saturday, December 31, 1836.  He seems to have been the brother of Charles Ollier; both were at times publishers and miscellaneous writers.

All plates except one with imprint "Printed in Oil Colours by G. Baxter (Patentee.) from a Painting by [...]" and "London  Chapman & Hall, Strand."  One image is "from a Miniature".  One plate without publisher's imprint and with imprint: "Baxter's OIL COLOUR PRINTING, Charter House Square."

Plates are printed on tinted paper.

Original images are painted by R. Westall, Miss F. Corbaux, S. Prout, Miss E. Sharpe, G. Barnard, J. Holland, W. Westall, Wm. Pickersgill, G. Jones and Mrs. Seyffarth.

MASS copy: Bound in maroon fine straight-grain morocco blocked in gold over small green, red, yellow and light green morocco onlays on both the front and back covers; a.e.g.  With yellow glazed endpapers.  With the bookplate of Ruari McLean.