book of prints; print

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Object Type: book of prints; print
Museum number: 1913,0509.1.1-41
Description: "Illustrations to Lyrics of the Heart; with Other Poems. By Alaric A. Watts" (London; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans) 1851; containing 41 engravings after allegorical, genre, and landscape compositions by Stothard, Lawrence, and other artists by various English engravers. Bound at the BM bindery with letterpress titlepage and list of engravings. Proofs Engravings on India paper
Producer name: Published by: Longman; After: Thomas Stothard; Print made by: William Greatbach; After: Gilbert Stuart Newton; Print made by: James Henry Watt; After: George Barret (the younger); Print made by: William Miller; After: Henry Howard; Print made by: William Finden; Print made by: Edward James Portbury; After: Thomas Uwins; Print made by: Charles Rolls; After: David Roberts; Print made by: Robert William Wallis; After: Clarkson Stanfield; Print made by: James Tibbetts Willmore; Print made by: Joseph Goodyear; After: William Etty; After: Eugène Devéria; Print made by: James Mitchell; After: Richard Parkes Bonington; After: Sir Thomas Lawrence; Print made by: Frederick Christian Lewis; After: Richard Westall; Print made by: William Hill; After: Madame Colin; Print made by: William Ensom; After: Charles Bentley; Print made by: Francis Engleheart; After: Charles Robert Leslie; After: Benjamin Robert Haydon; After: Jean Alaux (?); Print made by: Samuel Sangster; After: Francis Danby; Print made by: E Freebairn; After: Antoine Watteau; After: Thomas Christopher Hofland; After: William Boxall; Print made by: Timothy Stansfield Engleheart; After: Charles Louis Lesaint; Print made by: Ebenezer Challis; Print made by: Robert Staines; Print made by: James Lewis; Print made by: John Outrim
School/style
Production date: 1851
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 429 millimetres; Width: 282 millimetres (approx. sheet size)
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Curator's comments: Titlepage states that only fifty copies were printed. Loose impressions of published states are kept elsewhere in the collection, see 1859,0611.112 to 152.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: poetry; angel; landscape; church; fairy
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Richmond upon Thames; Topographic representation of: Naples (city); Topographic representation of: River Rhine; Topographic representation of: Mount Etna; Topographic representation of: Kirkstall Abbey; Topographic representation of: Amiens Cathedral
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1913
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1913,0509.1.1-41

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