- Museum number
- 1878,0608.172-260
- Description
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Bound volume of 89 photographic prints after originals in the British Museum, being an assortment of portraits selected by G W Reid, 'Catalogue of Representations of Beautiful Women, as exemplified in British portraiture' (London: The Autotype Company, 1878). Autoype reproductions of prints by Samuel Bellin, T S Grundy, R Read, V de Villeneuve, H T Ryall, R Earlom, M Cosway, Ackermann, J Watson, G T Doo, R Graves, W J Lewis, J R Smith, T Frye, E Morton, T Watson, T Gaugain, C H Jeens, W Ward, H Meyer, J Greenwood, C Knight, J Dean, J Kingsbury, C Wilkin, J Young, E Martin, J Dulerran (Dutterau?), P Dawe, F C Lewis, R Lane, S Cousins, F Bartolozzi, E Desmaisons, H Robinson, J Jones, P Simon, R Thew, W F Holl, D Devachez, R Houston, C Holl, J Ogborne, W Bond, S Phillips, T Cheesman, C Corbutt; includes portraits of noble women, celebrities, country scenes and characters from mythology, Shakespeare and literature; each portrait mounted on grey card, bound in red front and back boards, with gold tool decoration and lettering on spine.
Photomechanical print
- Production date
- 1878
- Dimensions
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Height: 525 millimetres (volume)
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Width: 380 millimetres (volume)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: 'Catalogue of Representations of Beautiful Women, as exemplified in British portraiture
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1878,0608.172-260
