book;
book-illustration;
print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.203.l
- Description
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The Cornhill Magazine. Vol. XII. July to December, 1865. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 65, Cornhill, 1865. London: Printed by Smith, Elder & Co., Little Green Arbour Court, E. C. viii, 760p. 12 plates. Each monthly issue (originally in paper wrappers) was accompanied by two illustrations. The illustration opposite page 333 is after George Thomas [i.e. George Housman Thomas]. It is captioned: ‘Pedgift at fault’. The illustration opposite page 576 is after George Thomas. is captioned: ‘Thanks to the Thunder”. It is signed: “W. Thomas Sc.” [i.e. William Luson Thomas], lower right hand corner. (This volume has six illustrations after George Housman Thomas, for Wilkie Collins’s novel: ‘Armadale’. This volume has also six illustrations after George du Maurier, illustrating Elisabeth Gaskell’s novel: ‘Wives and Daughters’; these illustrations have mostly been reproduced already.)
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 12” 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
- 1865
- 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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Collins Armadale
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/collins/banerjee1.html
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George du Maurier
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/dumaurier/index.html
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George Housman Thomas
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/thomas/index.html
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Gaskell Wives and Daughters
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/gaskell/malcolm/6.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wives_and_Daughters
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Pagination:
Vol. XII. July to December, 1865
No. 67. July. 1865 pp. 1-128 2 plates
No. 68. August 1865 pp. 129-256 2 plates
No. 69. Sept 1865 pp. 257-384 2 Plates
No. 70. Oct 1865 pp. 385-512 2 plates
No. 71. Nov 1865 pp. 513-640 2 plates
No. 72. Dec 1865 pp.641-760 2 plates
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Cornhill Magazine
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Associated Title: Wives and Daughters
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Associated Title: Armadale
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.203.l