Author:James Bisset
Scottish-born artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet, who spent most of his life in and around Birmingham, England.
Works edit
- The Orphan Boy's Fate (at least five editions before 1800)
- The Flights of Fancy
- Theatrum Oceani
- A Poetic Survey Round Birmingham, with a brief description of the different curiosities and manufactures of the place, accompanied with a magnificent directory, with the names and professions, &c. superbly engraved in emblematic plates (1800)
- A second edition in 1808, haad several additional plates, but without ‘The Poetic Survey.'
- Songs of Peace (1802)
- The Patriotic Clarion, or Britain's Call to Glory original Songs written on the threatened Invasion (1803)
- Critical Essays on the Dramatic Essays of the Young Roscius (1804)
- Picturesque Guide to Leamington (1814)
- Variorum, or Momentary and Miscellaneous Effusions (1823)
- Comic Strictures on Birmingham's Fine Arts and Conversaziones, by an Old Townsman (1829)
His verses also appeared occasionally in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine.’
Works about Bisset edit
- "Bisset, James (1762?-1832)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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