print; book of prints

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Object Type: print; book of prints
Museum number: 1980,0322.11.1-15
Description: "The authors of England. A series of medallion portraits of modern literary characters, engraved from the works of British artists, by Achille Collas. With illustrative notices by Henry F. Chorley." (London: C. Tilt) 1838; a series of portraits of British authors, including a frontispiece with the portrait of Felicia Hemans; a title-page with the text framed by an ornamental border; another title-page; a preface; a list of plates; a biography of each author by H. F. Chorley; 15 plates each framed by a decorative border: Sir Walter Scott; Lord Byron; Dr. Southey; Countess of Blessington; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Edward Lytton Bulwer; Lady Morgan; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Thomas Moore; Charles Lamb; Mary Russell Mitford; Thomas Campbell; William Wordsworth. Bound in a cloth-covered binding. Medal engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Achille Collas; Printed by: McQueen & Co; Published by: Charles Tilt
School/style
Production date: 1838
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Technique: medal engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 305 millimetres (approx. sheet size); Width: 245 millimetres (approx. sheet size)
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Curator's comments: Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Henry F Chorley; Portrait of: Sir Walter Scott; Portrait of: Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron); Portrait of: Robert Southey; Portrait of: Countess of Blessington; Portrait of: Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Portrait of: Edward Bulwer Lytton; Portrait of: Lady Sydney Morgan; Portrait of: Percy Bysshe Shelley; Portrait of: Thomas Moore; Portrait of: Charles Lamb; Portrait of: Mary Russell Mitford; Portrait of: Thomas Campbell; Portrait of: William Wordsworth
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1980
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1980,0322.11.1-15

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