print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.384
- Description
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Tillotson, John. Our Untitled Nobility. With illustrations by Charles Green. London: James Hogg and Sons, [1863]. London: Harrild, printer. 278p. 6 plates. With eight pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. The plates are mostly signed with the initials: “CG” and also with “Holman & Bale”. The frontispiece plate is entitled: “/ In the prison cell. – Page 53./” Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper recto. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front paste down.
Binding: Text sewn on three sawn-in cords. Gilt edges. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Green sand-grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind and in relief. Two fillets are blocked in blind on the borders. On each corner, a pattern of curling stems and leaves is blocked in relief. More fillets blocked in blind from an inner arabesque oval shape. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in relief. Three fillets are blocked in gold on the borders. On each corner and on the sides, patterns of curling thin stems and flower buds are blocked in gold. Inside this, more fillets blocked in gold form an inner arabesque shape, and, just inside this, a pattern of ivy-like leaves and stems is blocked in relief. The central medallion is formed by gold fillets with a ‘rope like’ circular stem between them. Within the medallion, the title words: “£/ Our/ Untitled/ Nobility./” are blocked in gold. The spine is blocked in gold At the head, fillets, dots and an arch are blocked in gold. The title words: “/ Our/ Untitled/ Nobility/” are blocked in gold within three rectangles, each formed by two gold fillets. Small patterns occupy the centre and the lower portions of the spine. Near the tail, the word: “/ Illustrated/” is blocked in gold within a rectangle formed by two gold fillets.
- Production date
- 1863
- Dimensions
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Height: 173 millimetres
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Thickness: 30 millimetres
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Width: 120 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Our Untitled Nobility.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.384
