print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.124.2
- Description
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Hall, Samuel Carter. The Book of British Ballads. London: Jeremiah How, 1844. London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square. viii, pp.235-442. The illustration on page 295 is after Fanny M’Ian and made by Fred. Branston [i.e. Frederick William Branston]. The illustration on page 348 is after J. G. Brine and made by T. Armstrong [i.e. Thomas Armstrong]. In the Contents bound at the front, the other illustrators and engravers are listed as (full names given where found): [illustrators:] Edward Henry Corbould, Henry James Townsend, Edward Matthew Ward, John Franklin, Joseph Noel Paton, Fanny McIan, Henry Warren, J. S. Brine, Henry Courtney Selous, Frederick William Fairholt, John Tenniel, Alfred Crowquill, Frederick Richard Pickersgill; [engravers:] John Bastin, T. Wakefield, George Pike Nicholls, Frederick William Branston, John Walmsley, Thomas Armstrong, Ebenezer Landells, George Dalziel, William James Linton, Edmund Evans, Joseph Lionel Williams. The bookplate of Richard Gibson Reeves is on the upper pastedown. 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. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. The same design is blocked on both covers. Both covers are blocked identically. There is a single blue and a single gold fillet blocked on the borders. Inside this, there is a repeating pattern of ‘acanthus leaves and stems’. The inner rectangle has ‘Renaissance style’ lattice work of joined stems forming multiple straps, together with leaves. On the centre, the royal garter has the motto: “Honi soit qui mal y pense” blocked in gold, within the blue garter. The spine is blocked in blue and in gold. A single gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter. As for the covers, the same ‘Renaissance style’ lattice work is blocked from head to tail. Between this decoration, three panels are blocked in blue, with the title words:”/ The/ Book/ of / Ballads/ blocked in gold within the uppermost panel; the second panel has the lettering: “Second/ Series/ blocked in gold within it; the lowest panel near the tail has the date: “/1844/” blocked in gold within it.
- Production date
- 1844
- Dimensions
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Height: 270 millimetres
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Thickness: 28 millimetres
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Width: 299 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.124.2
