illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1853,0212.188
Description: 'Poems and pictures: a collection of ballads, songs, and other poems, illustrated by English artists' (London, James Burns) 1846, second edition; containing over 100 texts by various authors including M. Praed, Sir Walter Scott, Burns, Keats and Bryant, with 89 illustrative wood-engravings, text each page within an ornamental border. Together with table of contents, list of illustrations, and tipped-in errata. Bound in green bookcloth, with gold tooling on spine and covers with title within ornamental border. Wood-engraving
Producer name: Published by: James Burns; Printed by: Robson, Levey, and Franklyn; After: Charles West Cope; After: William Dyce; After: Thomas Creswick; After: John Callcott Horsley; After: Richard Redgrave; After: Henry Courtney Selous; After: John Franklin; After: Henry James Townsend; After: Frederick Richard Pickersgill; After: Charles Harvey Weigall; After: Francis William (Frank) Topham; After: John Wykeham Archer; After: Edward Henry Corbould; After: George Haydock Dodgson; After: Edward Duncan; After: William Cave Thomas; Print made by: William James Linton; Print made by: John Thompson; Print made by: Charles Gray; Print made by: H L Clark; Print made by: Thomas Armstrong; Print made by: Frederick William Branston; Print made by: W Green; Print made by: George Dalziel; Print made by: George Pike Nicholls
School/style
Production date: 1846
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 232 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page); Width: 170 millimetres
Curator's comments: Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
Location: Not on display
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Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1853
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1853,0212.188

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