print;
book of prints
- Museum number
- 1856,0209.1574-1650
- Title
- Series: The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
- Description
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"The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith Illustrated by the Etching Club" (London, The Etching Club) 1841; a portfolio containing etched pages (without any letterpress) with a titlepage; a dedication to Prince Albert by the members of the Club; a list of the artists who made the 40 plates of illustrations; 40 sheets with the engraved text that the plates illustrate; and 40 plates of illustrations, each with two vignettes by two different artists, one highly finished, the other in outline: contained in the original portfolio (now much decayed) with a label on the front cover with the title followed by "large paper India proofs before letters"
Etchings, printed on chine collé
- Production date
- 1841
- Dimensions
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Height: 600 millimetres (sheet size of each page)
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Width: 435 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is the first publication of the (Old) Etching Club. For a complete list of the prints giving the artist and the text illustrated, see the acquisition register. The two prints on each plate were allocated separate registration numbers (which include three supplementary numbers with +), making a total of 80 entries for the 40 plates.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Deserted Village
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Acquisition notes
- A note in the Bill Book states that the publication price was £13 13s.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1856,0209.1574-1650
