print; illustrated book

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Object Type: print; illustrated book
Museum number: 1932,0809.1
Title: Object: Summerly's National Gallery
Description: "Felix Summerly's Hand Book for the National Gallery, with reminiscences of the most celebrated pictures drawn from the originals by John, James, and William Linnell" (London, George Bell) 1843; illustrated with 50 small wood-engravings after paintings in the National Gallery of Art, London. Bound with letterpress introduction and concise handlist in marbled boards, gilt-edged. One of twelve copies printed on India paper. Wood-engravings
Producer name: Print made by: James Thomas Linnell; Print made by: John Linnell; Print made by: William Linnell; Published by: George Bell; Printed by: Charles Whittingham II
School/style
Production date: 1843
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 165 millimetres (sheet size of each page); Width: 99 millimetres
Curator's comments: Printed on verso of titlepage: "Only Twelve copies printed on India Paper / No. 4 / James Linnell." Frontispiece is wood-engraving after "The Raising of Lazarus" by Sebastiano del Piombo. The titlepage is printed with a wood-engraving after Titian's "Bacchus and Ariadne".
Location: Not on display
Subjects: museum/gallery; painting/print
Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: London
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1932
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1932,0809.1

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