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print
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newspaper/periodical
Object Type
print
newspaper/periodical
Museum number
1896,1230.907
Title
Object:
The Laureateship
Description
Modern Poets; eleven bust portraits: Sir Edwin Arnold, Sir Lewis Morris, Alfred Austin, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Austin Dobson, William Watson, Coventry Patmore, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Buchanan, William Morris, and George Meredith; cut from the Illustrated London News (October 15, 1892) Wood-engraving with letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
R Taylor & Co
School/style
British
Production date
1892
Materials
paper
Technique
wood-engraving
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
415 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
304 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(groups)
(p.81)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Sir Edwin Arnold
Portrait of:
Sir Lewis Morris
Portrait of:
Alfred Austin
Portrait of:
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Portrait of:
Austin Dobson
Portrait of:
Sir William Watson
Portrait of:
Coventry Patmore
Portrait of:
Rudyard Kipling
Portrait of:
Robert Williams Buchanan
Portrait of:
William Morris
Portrait of:
George Meredith
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Illustrated London News
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1896
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1896,1230.907