print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.387
- Description
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Tupper, Martin. Proverbial philosophy. Illustrated. London: Thomas Hatchard, Piccadilly, 1854. London: Henry Vizetelly, printer and engraver, Gough Square, Fleet Street. Xi, 366p.
In the ‘List of Illustrations’, the following artists are given [full names give where possible]: John Tenniel, Henry Noel Humphreys, John Gilbert, Thomas Dalziel, Edward Duncan, BMyles Birket Foster, Edward Henry Corbould, George Dodgson, Walter Severn, William Leighton Leitch, John Callcott Horsley, Charles West Cope, James Godwin, Frederick Richard Pickersgill. The engravers are listed as: Dalziel Brothers, Henry Vizetelly, S. Williams, W. Green. The half title page is after John Tenniel. The illustration on page 32 is after William Leighton Leitch, accompanying the text of ‘Of memory’. Robin de Beaumont’s notes regarding the price of this copy are on the front endpaper recto. He has noted the following proof plates are in the Dalziel Brothers Archive, 1853: nos. 525-565. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the upper pastedown.
Binding: Bevelled boards. Gilt edges. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Blue morocco horizontal-grain cloth. On both covers, identical patterns of plant stems and flowers are blocked in relief on the corners, with an ‘oriental’ frame. The upper cover centre has elaborate plant decoration blocked in gold around the centre-piece, which has the words: “/ Proverbial/ Philosophy./ “ blocked in relief within semi-circular scroll-shaped lettering-pieces. The spine is blocked in gold. From head to tail, elaborate plant decoration is blocked in gold. Near the head, the words: “/ Proverbial/ Philosophy/” are blocked in gold.
- Production date
- 1854
- Dimensions
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Height: 230 millimetres
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Thickness: 38 millimetres
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Width: 180 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Proverbial philosophy.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.387
