print; book-illustration; frontispiece

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print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Object Type: print; book-illustration; frontispiece
Museum number: 1889,0724.306-361
Description: Set of fifty-six prints, in portfolio format, book-illustrations and frontispiece vignettes for 'Italy, A Poem' by Samuel Rogers (London: 1830, Cadell, Jennings and Chaplin, Moxon), in the original moss green paper cover; after JMW Turner (Wilton 1152-1176), Stothard, Prout, Batty, Vasari, Titian, Flaxman; first published state. 1829-1830 Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé
Producer name: After: Joseph Mallord William Turner; After: Thomas Stothard; After: Samuel Prout; After: Lt-Col Robert Batty; After: Giorgio Vasari; After: Titian; After: John Flaxman; Print made by: Edward Goodall; Print made by: Robert William Wallis; Print made by: William Richard Smith; Print made by: Henry Le Keux; Print made by: William Bernard Cooke; Print made by: John Pye, the younger; Print made by: William Finden; Print made by: Daniel Allen; Print made by: Charles Rolls; Print made by: Henry Robinson; Print made by: William Humphrey; Print made by: Samuel Davenport; Print made by: Frederick Christian Lewis; Printed by: McQueen & Co; Printed by: H Triggs; Printed by: Dixon & Son; Published by: Robert Jennings (& Chaplin); Published by: William Chaplin
School/style: British; Italian
Production date: 1829-1830
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 468 millimetres (front cover); Width: 315 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The list of the proofs and prices is different from Rawlinson, p.232. See 1856,0510.1220 for a bound volume and comment.
Bibliographic references: Rawlinson 1913 / The engraved work of J M W Turner (348-372) (first published state); Andres 2002 / Steel-engraved views of towns and cities - first complete bibliography (1039) (cf.)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2017-18 Sept-Jan, BM, G90, The Business of Prints
Subjects: ceremony/ritual; military; architecture; art; leisure/entertainment
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Italy
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1889
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1889,0724.306-361

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