illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1960,0430.8
- Description
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"Nathan the Wise: A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts by G. E. Lessing. Translated by William Jacks" (Glasgow, Published for the Translator by James Maclehose & Sons) 1894; containing 7 etchings by William Strang including a portrait of Lessing bound as frontispiece, and etchings illustrating one scene from each of the five acts: Act i, Scene 1, "The Templar and Recha"-- Act ii, Scene 5, "Nathan and the Templar" -- Act iii, Scene 7, "Nathan and Saladin" -- Act iv, Scene 2, "The Patriarch, the Templar, and the Lay-Brother" -- Act v, Scene 7, "The Lay-Brother and Nathan". Bound with letterpress script, introduction by Archdeacon Farrar, and titlepage in blue boards.
Etchings
- Production date
- 1894
- Dimensions
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Height: 110 millimetres
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Height: 179 millimetres
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Width: 108 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Width: 68 millimetres (approx. size of each platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Nathan the Wise
- Acquisition notes
- ownership inscriptions on titlepage: "William Strang / February 1894" and "David Strang / 20 Hamilton Terrace / London N.W.8."
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1960,0430.8