print; illustrated book

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Object Type: print; illustrated book
Museum number: 1870,1112.28-57
Title: Object: Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso
Description: "Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. Illustrated with Etchings on Steel by Birket Foster" (London, W. Kent & Co.) 1859; containing 30 etchings printed as vignettes with the letterpress. Bound with list of illustrations and letterpress titlepage printed with a portrait of Milton after Samuel Cooper in red cloth boards. Etchings
Producer name: Print made by: Myles Birket Foster; Published by: W Kent & Co; Printed by: Harrild (Thomas Harrild, Salisbury Square); After: Samuel Cooper (titlepage portrait)
School/style
Production date: 1859
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Curator's comments: Letterpress is printed in red.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Illustration to: John Milton; Portrait of: John Milton (titlepage)
Associated titles: Associated Title: L'Allegro; Associated Title: Il Penseroso
Acquisition date: 1870
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1870,1112.28-57

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