print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1882,0311.4931
- Description
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Flower arrangement including thistles in a basket, hanging from the severed head of a goat, one of its horns tied with a ribbon to a thin cut branch, over which a vine is hanging; tailpiece to 'Cooke's Pocket Edition of the Original & Complete Works of Select British Poets' (London: 1794-), previously published as tailpiece to George Riley's 'The Beauties of the Creation', in 'Riley's Pocket Library' (London: 1790, Vol 1, p.10); proof.
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1790
- Dimensions
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Height: 36 millimetres (image)
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Width: 50 millimetres (image)
- Curator's comments
- From a volume bound in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Woodcuts. / Vol.II / By Bewick.' and on the inside with 'T. W. Waters Binder.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Beauties of the Creation
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Associated Title: Riley's Historical Pocket Library
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Associated Title: Cooke's Pocket Edition of the Original & Complete Works of Select British Poets
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1882,0311.4931
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1983,U.2478
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Miscellaneous number: I.B. 82