book;
print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.203.h
- Description
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The Cornhill Magazine. Vol. VIII. July to December, 1863. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 65, Cornhill, 1863. London: Printed by Smith, Elder & Co., Little Green Arbour Court, E. C. viii, 760p. 14 plates. Each monthly issue (originally in paper wrappers) was accompanied by three or two illustrations. The illustration opposite page 366 is after Frederick Walker, signed “FW”, lower right hand corner. It is signed: ‘Swain Sc’, lower left hand corner. It is captioned: ‘Horatia’s first visit’. The illustration opposite page 582 is after Arthur Hughes, signed “AH”, lower left corner. It is signed: ‘Swain Sc’, lower right corner. It is captioned: “At the brook”. This volume has two illustrations after Frederic Leighton, accompanying George Eliot’s “Romola”. It also has six illustrations after Millais, accompanying Trollope’s “The Small House at Allington”. These illustrations have mostly been reproduced already. There are two illustrations after Frederick Walker, accompanying “Mrs. Archie” and “Out of the World”. There is one illustration after Millais, accompanying Elizabeth Gaskell’s “Cousin Phillis”. Robin de Beaumont’s notes regarding this copy are on the front pastedown.
Binding: Text sewn on three tapes. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Red morocco horizontal-grain cloth. Both covers are blocked identically in blind and in relief with the same design. The design is a copy of the one printed in the upper cover of each paper wrapper, which was after Godfrey Sykes, and engraved by William James Linton. This shows ornate decoration, with four medallions with a figure within each: the sower, the ploughman, the reaper and the thresher. The central rectangle has the title words: “/ The / Cornhill/ Magazine/” blocked in blind on the lower cover, and in gold on the upper cover. The spine has the same elaborate decoration as the covers. In a panel near the head, the title words: “/ The/ Cornhill/ Magazine/” blocked in gold. On the centre of the spine, within a medallion formed by two gold fillets and a ‘wave’ pattern, the word: “Vol 8” is blocked in gold. Near the tail, the imprint: “/ London/ Smith Elder & Co/” is blocked in gold. At the head and the tail of the spine, the original form of the six monthly issues, now bound together, can be clearly seen.
- Production date
- 1863
- Dimensions
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Height: 238 millimetres
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Thickness: 58 millimetres
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Width: 157 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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Pagination:
Vol. VIII. July to December, 1863
No. 43. July. 1863 pp. 1-128 3 plates
No. 44. August 1863 pp. 129-256 3 plates
No. 45. Sept 1863 pp. 257-384 2 Plates
No. 46. Oct 1863 pp. 385-512 2 plates
No. 47. Nov 1863 pp. 513-640 2 plates
No. 48. Dec 1863 pp.641-760 2 plates
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For illustrations after Frederic Leighton, accompanying Eliot’s ‘Romola’, see:
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/eliot/hw/9.html
https://www.fulltable.com/vts/aoi/l/leightonf/we2/a.htm
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For illustrations after Millais, accompanying Trollope’s ‘The Small House at Allington’, see:
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/millaiss-illustrations-for-the-small-house-at-allington
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/millais/cooke2.html
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For details of Frederick Walker, see:
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/walker/bio.html
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Walker,_Frederick_(DNB00)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Cornhill Magazine
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Associated Title: Romola
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Associated Title: Small House at Allington
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Associated Title: Cousin Phillis
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Associated Title: Margaret Denzil's History
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.203.h
