print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1915,0216.4-30
- Title
- Object: Proof Illustrations to Maria Edgeworth's Tales
- Description
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A book containing proof illustrations to Maria Edgeworth's stories. The plates as follows:
1. A frontispiece to 'Castle Rackrent and Irish Bulls' with a brawl between two men armed with muskets, Rose sinking, accidentally shot, to the ground and two women at the door of the room
2. An illustration to 'Castle Rackrent' with a man sprawling on his chair with a glass in his hand and a dog at his feet, Judy weeping before him with her apron pressed to her eye, a man and a woman beyond
3. A frontispiece to volume I of 'Moral Tales' with a young man looking towards a poor woman who bows her head, her family surrounding her with laundry draped along washing lines
4. An illustration to 'Moral Tales' with a young woman kneeling imploringly at the feet of a hussar officer who looks down towards a man holding a large vase, other men beyond
5. A frontispiece to volume II of 'Moral Tales' with a courting couple walking in a garden, Mr. Mountague picking flowers to hand to his mistress, another couple observing beyond
6. An illustration to 'Moral Tales' with two old women at the door of a cottage, one holding a stick, a young woman clasping her hands looking towards them with a postillion carrying a chest at her side
7. A frontispiece to volume I of 'Popular Tales' with a rural scene by a thatched cottage with farm-workers at their labours and a cart
8. An illustration to 'Popular Tales' with Simon O'Dougherty looking towards Rosanna whilst clutching the wrist of gentleman, a crowd in the inn beyond
9. A frontispiece to volume II of 'Popular Tales' with Mr. Edwards handing a knife to the native Caesar, the jungle beyond
10. An illustration to 'Popular Tales' with two Eastern gentlemen standing in a doorway and observing another man tearing at his turban with broken crockery at his feet
11. A frontispiece to volume I of 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a gentleman addressing a crowd of people from atop a monument
12. An illustration to 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a young girl at her father's knee holding a candle aloft so that a young man can read her brother's letter, baskets and an urn to one side
13. A frontispiece to volume II of 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a lady artist sketching a fisherman talking to an old woman, the sea beyond
14. An illustration to 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with Amelia leaning on her brother's shoulder as he reads the paper, their mother seated to the right with a young boy and a donkey
15. A frontispiece to volume III of 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a young lady weeping on her lover's arm, the woods of a deer park beyond
16. An illustration to 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a fainting or dying young lady in the arms of a man with another young man raising his hands in the air in anguish, a forest beyond
17. A frontispiece to volume IV of 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a family of beggars walking through a rural landscape
18. An illustration to 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a gentleman gesturing to another gentleman stumbling over a chest with a book in his hand, a crowd of people observing beyond
19. A frontispiece to volume V of 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a gentleman taking the hand of an aged widow in the midst of a crowd with a group of two ladies and a gentleman beyond
20. An illustration to 'Tales of Fashionable Life' with a gentleman handing a sealed package to a seated elderly gentleman, another man holding a dog at latter's knees, a richly appointed room beyond
21. A frontispiece to volume I of 'Belinda' with Clarence Hervey kneeling before a lady dressed as Elizabeth I, with a crowd of people in fancy dress beyond
22. An illustration to 'Belinda' with Belinda seated in a chair with a mirror in her hand and with Lady Delacour kneeling plaintively before her
23. A frontispiece to volume II of 'Belinda' with a young flower-girl offering a rose to a gentleman mounted on a horse, an older woman with more flowers to the right with a dog at her feet
24. An illustration to 'Belinda' with Clarence seizing a pistol from the kneeling Vincent with a richly appointed room beyond
25. A frontispiece to 'Leonora' with Leonora fainting in the arms of a young gentleman with a crowd of ladies surrounding her and a garden beyond
26. An illustration to 'Leonora' with a seated young lady weeping over her husband's letters, another young woman at the door, the moon through the window
27. A frontispiece to volume I of 'Patronage' with a life-boat coming to the rescue of a ship-wreck in a stormy sea
28. An illustration to 'Patronage' with a young woman holding her baby and looking over her shoulder at two young ladies walking in the woods
29. A frontispiece to volume II of 'Patronage' with three women examining a new dress, one holding it up for the inspection of the others
30. An illustration to 'Patronage' with Buckhurst leaning against a tree in an attitude of distress with his hat in his hand, a rural landscape beyond
31. A frontispiece to volume III of 'Patronage' with a young lady in an attitude of distress upon a fainting couch with her head in her hand, an old gentleman standing over her with a letter in his hand
32. An illustration to 'Patronage' with a young lady seated on a mossy bank and holding her father's hand, her sister and her mother looking on
33. A frontispiece to 'Harrington and Thoughts on Bores' with the Widow Levy smoking her pipe observed by an elegant company including Lady de Brantefield and Lady Anne
34. An illustration to 'Harrington' with an old Jew reaching out his hands to a young boy in his mother's arms with an older woman beyond
35. An illustration to 'Ormond' with Sheelah sitting under a tree next to Dora covering her eyes and looking down at the old woman, a young man looking at them through foliage
36. A frontispiece to 'Ormond' with a dead man supported by two others, his exploded fowling piece on the ground before him and a lake beyond
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1832-1833
- Dimensions
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Height: 422 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 278 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Proof Illustrations to Maria Edgeworth's Tales
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1915,0216.4-30
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1915,0216.5-38
