printing-block;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.408
- Title
- Object: The History of a Life
- Description
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A male figure stands next to a grave; a cemetery and a church is visible in the background. Illustration for the poem 'The History of a Life' by Procter, in Robert Aris Willmott (ed.), 'The Poets of the Nineteenth Century' (London: George Routledge & Co, 1857).
Engraved 1856; published 1857
Engraved boxwood woodblock
- Production date
- 1857
- Dimensions
-
Height: 94 millimetres
-
Thickness: 23 millimetres
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Width: 81 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Catalogued by Bethan Stevens (University of Sussex) and Beatrice Herrera, in partnership with the British Museum and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); digital photography by Sylph Editions, London (www.sylpheditions.com).
'D Edwards' may actually be Edward Dalziel; see biographical note.
For a proof impression see the Dalziel Archive Vol. VIII, ref. no. 1913,0415.170; for the published book see ref. no. 1992,0406.398
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The poets of the nineteenth century.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.408
