- Museum number
- 1992,0406.216.c
- Description
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The Quiver. [An illustrated magazine of social, intellectual and religious progress. Volume III. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, Ludgate Hill, E. C. and 196 Broadway, New York. 1867- 1868.] 880p. no separate plates. The issues in this volume are from Saturday, September 21, 1867 to Saturday, October 3, 1868. Some of the illustrators in this volume are: F. W. Lawson, G. J. Pinwell, A. B. Houghton, J. D. Watson, Xharles Green, M. E. Edwards, J. Mahoney, S. L. Fildes, B. Bradley, H. Woods, Raphael Newcombe, L. C. Henley, K. Edwards, E, M Wimperis, J. Gilbert, R. Barnes, L. Straszynski, A. Thompson, R. T. Pritchett, H. Herkomer. The plates are signed variously “W Thomas ”. The frontispiece is a colour plate after Joshua Reynolds, engraved by Vincent Brooks. The illustration on page 433 is after Fildes, Is signed with his monogram bottom right, and is captioned: “”It’s pretty plain he worked con amore.” P. 434.”, which accompanies the story “Three chapters in a painter’s life” by I. D. Fenton. [This is a pseudonym of Isabella Eleanor Aylmer, nee Darling, 1840-1908.] The illustration on page 369 is after Raphael Newcombe, signed bottom right with the monogram RN, is captioned: “ “ ‘They seem to go better,’ said Polly.” – p. 370.”, accompanying the story “Three days in Jenny’s life”.
Binding: Light brown endpapers and pastedowns. Edges sprinkled with red ink. Half red morocco, with green bead grain cloth sides. The spine is blocked in gold and is divided into five panels by false raised bands. Small plant decoration is tooled in gold on each raised band with double fillets above and below each. Panel two has the title: “/ The/ Quiver./”; panel four has the date: “/1868/ “ tooled in gold.
- Production date
- 1867-1868
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Thickness: 50 millimetres
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Width: 182 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For details of the article on 'The Quiver' in the Victorian Web, see:
http://www.victorianweb.org/periodicals/quiver/cooke.html
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Three days in a painter's life.
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Associated Title: Three days in Jenny's life.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.216.c
