illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1871,0812.2338-2342
- Description
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'Poems, by William Cowper, of the inner temple, esq. in two volumes. Vol. I' (London: J. Johnson) 1806; containing 4 etchings after Fuseli: 'Virtue reclaiming youth &c' by Bromley, 'A dressing room' by Rhodes, 'A mother with her family in the Country' by Rhodes, and 'The negro revenged' by Raimbach. Together with frontispiece showing 'The poets vision / Sing the sofa' by Raimbach after Fuseli, showing a young woman with an harp asleep on the sofa while two angels look at her, one of them holding a laurel over the sleeping figure. With preface by John Newton dated 1782 and table of contents. Bound in red leather, with gold lettering at the spine, marbled endpapers and gilted edges.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1806
- Dimensions
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Height: 212 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each sheet)
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Width: 124 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- There are other impressions of these prints in the BM, that have been catalogued individually:
1853,1210.545
1849,0512.232
1853,1210.562
1847,0204.7
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Poems, by William Cowper
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,0812.2338-2342
