print;
book-illustration;
book
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.94
- Description
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Dulcken, Henry William. The golden harp: hymns, rhymes, and songs for the young / adapted by H. W. D. With ... illustrations by J. D. Watson [i. e. John Dawson Watson] T. Dalziel i.e. Thomas Dalziel], and J. Wolf [i. e. Joseph Wolf] . Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon Street; and New York, 1864. London: Dalziel Brothers, engravers and printers, Camden Press. 160p. With four pages of publisher’s titles bound at the end. Most of the illustrations are signed: "Dalziel". The last paragraph of the Preface states: “As regards illustrations, the figure subjects are drawn by J. D. Watson; the Landscapes, by T. Dalziel; the Birds and Animals, by J. Wolf, and all most carefully engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.” Examples of Watson’s monogram are on pages 31, 49, 86, and 123. The frontispiece illustration is entitled: “Charity” and signed “J. D. W.” 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 pastedown.
Binding: Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Binder’s ticket on lower pastedown: “/ Bound by/ Bone & Son./ [rule]/ 76, Fleet Street,/ London./” [Ball no. 17A.] Red bead-grain cloth. Both covers blocked identically on the borders and on the corners. Two fillets are blocked in blind on the borders, and between them, repeating dots are blocked in relief. Inside this, a repeating pattern of quatrefoils, of diamonds, and of unfurled leaves is blocked in blind and in relief. On the upper cover, the central oval is formed by two gold fillets, with repeating small diamonds and dots blocked in gold between them/ The title words: “/ The/ golden harp./ Hymns rhymes/ and songs/ illustrated/” is blocked in gold within the oval. The words are interspersed with curling stems, and laves, blocked in gold. The spine is blocked in gold. A single gold fillet is blocked on the perimeter. Inside this two more gold fillets are blocked near the perimeter, which cross to form ovals at the head and at the tail. At the head, a harp is blocked in gold within an oval formed by these two gold fillets. At the tail, the letters “ R & R” are blocked in gold within an oval formed by these two fillets. The title words: “The golden harp” are blocked in gold along the spine, within the cartouche formed by these two gold fillets.
- Production date
- 1864
- Dimensions
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Height: 190 millimetres
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Thickness: 20 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The golden harp: hymns, rhymes, and songs for the young
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.94
