book;
book-illustration;
print
- Museum number
- 1865,1111.1176
- Description
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Reid: 5053. Illustrated book entitled "The Exile's Daughter. A Story of the Italian War." by S.W. Fullom. With a mustard yellow binding, the title in gold lettering on the spine.
Etched frontispiece Illustration Plate: Reid 2634. "The Intercepted Dispatch" representing Lilla presenting her letter to Emperor Napoleon III, by command of King Victor Emmanuel, who stands at his side. Beneath the image "Designed and etched by George Cruikshank."
Lettered on the title page beneath the title: "By S.W. Fullom, Author of "The Great Highway, "The Marvels of Science," "The Human Mind, etc, etc." with the publisher's details at the foot of the page.
"London: Charles Joseph Skeet, King William Street, Charing Cross. 1860."
1860
Etched frontispiece illustration to a letterpress book
- Production date
- 1860
- Dimensions
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Height: 194 millimetres (approx. page height)
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Width: 115 millimetres (approx. page width)
- Curator's comments
- With a label on the front cover from the British and Foreign Library, 27 Old Bond Street.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Unification of Italy
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,1111.1176
