print;
book;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1996,1104.11
- Description
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Dulcken, Henry William. The golden harp: hymns, rhymes, and songs for the young. Fifty 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: George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate; New York: 416 Beekman Street, [1868]. [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 frontispiece illustration is entitled: “Charity” and signed “J.D. W.” Examples of Watson’s monogram are on pages 31, 49, 86, and 123. Signed on the front pastedown “Forrest Reid”. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso and on a separate slip of paper. The bookplate of Robin de Beaumont is on the front pastedown.
Binding: Gilt edges. Bevelled boards. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Blue sand-grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in black on the borders, with a single fillet on the borders, and then a ‘scroll column’ border, blocked between two more fillets. A single ‘rose flower’ is blocked on each corner. The upper cover is blocked in gold and in black. Two black fillets are blocked on the borders, and, between them another black fillet, which has repeating dots blocked in relief within it. Leaf motifs are blocked in black on each upper corner and on each side at the centre. Near the head, a golden harp is blocked surrounded by dots in gold, and more elaborate curling stem and bud decoration, blocked in black. The central panel is formed by gold fillets and gold dots. Within it, the title words: “/ The/ Golden/ Harp/ hymns rhymes & songs/ for the Young/” are blocked in gold. The letters are surrounded by a tracery of curling stem and bud decoration, all in gold. Underneath the central panel, more elaborate curling stem and bud decoration is blocked in black, with a small square at its centre (Surrounded by golden dots), which is blocked in gold, and, within this square, small decoration is picked out in relief. The spine is blocked in gold and in black. Above and below the title words, leaf and bud decoration is blocked in black. The title words: “/ The/ Golden/ Harp/ hymns/ rhymes/ & songs/ for the/ Young/” are blocked in gold, with stem and bud tracery interspersed between the letters.
- Production date
- 1868
- Dimensions
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Height: 190 millimetres
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Thickness: 20 millimetres
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Width: 143 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The golden harp: hymns, rhymes, and songs for the young
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1996,1104.11
