print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.117
- Description
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Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London: John van Voorst, Paternoster Row, 1853. London: Printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson & Fley, Bangor House, Shoe Lane. xvi, 306p. With six pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. The device of S & J Bentley is printed on page 306. The designs of Mulready were engraved by John Thompson. The illustration on page 136 is for page 171, and is entitled: “/ - Here I found a number of poor creatures, all in circumstances like myself, expecting/ the arrival of Mr. Crispe, presenting a true epitome of English impatience -/” Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Binding: Text sewn on three tapes. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red fine rib vertical-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked with an identical design in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked in blind on the borders, the outer thick, the inner thin. On each corner, a ‘curling stem and leaf’ motif is blocked in relief. A ‘lozenge’ shape is blocked as the central vignette for each cover, with curling stems interlacing each other, blocked in relief. The spine is blocked in gold and in blind. It is divided into six panels, by groups of fillets, and by single fillet – all blocked in blind across the spine. In panel two, the title: “/ The/ Vicar/ of/ Wakefield/” is blocked in gold. In panel four, the words: “/ Illustrated by W. Mulready. R. A./” are blocked in gold. In panel six (at the tail), the words: /” London/ John Van-Voorst/” are blocked in gold.
- Production date
- 1853
- Dimensions
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Height: 223 millimetres
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Thickness: 30 millimetres
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Width: 165 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Vicar of Wakefield.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.117
