print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.250
- Description
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Patmore, Coventry. The children's garland from the best poets. Selected and arranged by Coventry Patmore. Illustrated by J. Lawson [i.e. John Lawson]. London: Macmillan and Co., 1873. London: R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, printers. xiii, 344p. 14 plates. The plates are signed with “Lawson” [i.e. John Lawson] and “Swain Sc” [i. e Joseph Swain]. The frontispiece plate (intended to opposite page 88 is entitled: “/ The Dream of Eugene Aram. – P. 88./ Front./” The illustration on the title page shows a knight with a lyre, possibly singing to his lady on the balcony above him. There are also two children and a dog and a bird, to the right of the knight. The illustration is signed: “T. Woolner Delt” [i.e. Thomas Woolner] and C H Jeens sculpt” [i.e. Charles Henry Jeens]. 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: Gilt edges. Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. Red sand-grain cloth. The lower cover has a single fillet blocked in blind on its borders. On the centre, a medallion containing the Macmillan monogram is blocked in blind. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in black. On the borders a frame of ‘ivy like’ stems, curling stems, leaves and buds is blocked in black on a frame. On each corner, a cluster of rose stems, leave and flowers is blocked in gold. On the centre, a boy and a girl are blocked in gold, with the boy holding a garland of flowers over the girl’s head. The spine is blocked in gold and in black. From the head downwards, the decoration is: two black fillets across the spin, interspersed with ivy stem and leaves; the title words: “The/ children’s/ garland/ from the/ best poets/ Illustrated/” are blocked in gold, in fanciful latters, with more ivy stems leaves blocked in gold and in black amongst the words, which descend down to near the tail; above the tail, another medallion of Macmillan is blocked in gold; at the tail, two fillets are blocked in black with the word: “/ Macmillan/” blocked in gold between them.
- Production date
- 1862
- Dimensions
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Height: 187 millimetres
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Thickness: 30 millimetres
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Width: 135 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The children's garland from the best poets.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.250