print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.423
- Description
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Wordsworth, William. The white doe of Rylstone; or, the fate of the Nortons. London Longman brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859. London: Henry Vizetelly, printers and engraver, Gough Square, Fleet Street. The ‘List of illustrations designed by Birket Foster [i.e. Myles Birket Foster] and H. N. Humphreys [i.e. Henry Noel Humphreys]. Engraved by Henry N. Woods. 165p. With two pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. The Illustration on page 55 is after Birket Foster, accompanied by verse. Robin de Beaumont’s notes regarding the price of this copy are on the front endpaper verso. He has noted: ‘Proofs of all drawings will be found in the Album of H. N. Woods. Nos. 41-82 of de B coll. no. 299’ [i.e. Album of 165 proofs of wood-engravings by Henry N Woods, pasted onto 150 numbered pages; P&D reg. no. 1992,0406.299].
Binding. Gilt edges, Bevelled boards. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Brown morocco vertical-grain cloth. Both covers blocked in gold and in relief with an identical design. On the covers, elaborate repeating plant patterns are blocked in gold between gold fillets, on the borders. Curling stems, leaves and buds are blocked in corners and on the sides in gold. The sides, and the centre head and centre tail each have ‘spade-shape’ gold lettering-pieces, formed by ‘branch-like’ gold fillets. Within each, ‘ivy leaves’ are blocked in gold. The central quatrefoil has gold fillets blocked on its perimeter. The quatrefoil is a white cloth onlay, in which a white doe is blocked in relief, against a background woodland. The spine is blocked in gold. Three ovals for formed by ‘branch-like’ gold fillets, descending down the spine. On the upper half of the spine, within the second ‘oval’, the words: “/ The/ white [blocked in a semi-circle]/ Doe/ of/ Rylstone [in a semi-circle]/ are blocked in gold. The long oval on the bottom half of the spine has curling stems, leaves and buds blocked on gold within it. At the tail, a ‘heart-shape’ gold lettering-piece is formed by a single gold fillet, with three leaves blocked in gold within it.
- Production date
- 1859
- Dimensions
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Height: 225 millimetres
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Thickness: 33 millimetres
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Width: 167 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The white doe of Rylstone; or, the fate of the Nortons.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.423
