- Museum number
- 1996,1104.19
- Description
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Halliday, Andrew [i.e. Andrew Halliday Duff]. The Savage Club papers. Edited by Andrew Halliday. London: Tinsley Brothers, 18 Catherine Street, Strand, 1867. London: Robson and Son, Great Northern Printing Works, Pancras Road, N. W. 341p. The half title page is engraved and signed by William Harry Rogers. The frontispiece plate has no caption, but is signed: “Brunton” [ i. e. William Brunton], and “Dalziel Sc.” The tail piece is illustrated by Gustave Doré and engraved by J. Fagnion. Robin de Beaumont's notes regarding price and dating of this copy are written on the front endpaper verso. In the list of illustrations on page xvii, the artists are: William Brunton, Harry Rogers [i. e. William Harry Rogers], Du Maurier [i.e. George Du Maurier], L. Henley [i. e Lionel Charles Henley], E. C. Barnes [i. e. Edward Charles Barnes], F. Barnard [i.e. Frederick Barnard], W. S. Gilbert [i.e. William Schwenck Gilbert], Gordon Thomson, E. Weedon [i.e. Edwin Weedon], H. Sandercock [i.e. probably Henry Ardmore Sandercock], Paul Gray, A. Thompson [i. e. probably Alfred Thompson], M. Morgan [i. e probably Matthew Somerville Morgan], J. Palmer [i. e. John Palmer], E. Griset [i.e. Ernest Henry Griset], E. Hull [i.e. Edward Hull] , T. Scott [i. e. Thomas Dewell Scott] , C. H. Bennett [i.e. Charles Henry Bennett, Gustave Dore, Harrison Weir [i.e. Harrison William Weir], George Cruikshank, A. B. Houghton [i.e. Arthur Boyd Houghton], F. W. Lawson [i.e. Francis Wilfred Lawson], J. D. Watson [i.e. John Dawson Watson].
In the list of illustrations on page xvii, the engravers are: Dalziel Brothers, W. Hooper i.e. William Harcourt Hooper], J. Swain [i.e. Joseph Swain], R. Knight [i.e. probably Richard Knight], H. Harral [i.e. Horace Harral], E. Evans [i.e. Edmund Evans], T. Bolton [i.e. Thomas Bolton], H. Harrison, H. Orrin Smith [i.e. Harvey Edward Orrinsmith], W. Thomas [i. e possibly William Luson Thomas], C. A. Ferrier [i.e. Charles Anderson Ferrier], J. Fagnion [i. e. Jules Fagnion], H.
Binding: Bevelled boards. Gilt edges. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Dark red sand-grain cloth. The lower cover is blocked in blind and in relief. Three fillets are blocked in blind on the borders. Inside this, a Greek fret border is blocked in relief. On the centre, a mandorla is blocked, delineated by fillets and zig-zag. Above and below the mandorla, a group of curling stems, leaves and flowers is blocked in relief. The central vignette is blocked in blind and in relief, showing four interlocking straps. On the upper cover, the outer border is blocked in gold with a repeating pattern of ‘two leaves, flower head, and semi-circle’. Two gold fillets are blocked on the borders inside this. The rest of the blocking is the same as for the lower cover, with the exception that interlocking fillets blocked in gold delineate the central mandorla. The perimeter of the circular central vignette has the same repeating pattern as for the outer border, i.e. ‘two leaves, flower head, and semi-circle’. A wide circular gold lettering-piece has the title blocked in relief inside it: “/ The Savage Club Papers/”. A chameleon (?) is blocked in gold on the centre. Above and below the central medallion, flower and leaf motifs are blocked in gold. Signed “C B” in gold as separate letters just below the central medallion. The spine is blocked in gold and in relief. From the head downwards, the decoration is: two gold fillets, a vertical hatch gold fillet, and a repeating pattern of ‘two leaves, flower head, and semi-circle’; the title: “/ The/ Savage Club/ Papers/ is blocked in relief within a circular gold lettering-piece, which is intersected by a rectangular gold lettering-piece; leaf and floral decoration is blocked in gold above and below the title; the word “/Illustrated/” is blocked in gold between two gold fillets blocked across the spine; near the tail, two gold fillets, a vertical hatch gold fillet, and a repeating pattern of ‘two leaves, flower head, and semi-circle’; at the tail, a rectangle is formed by a single gold fillet.
- Production date
- 1867
- Dimensions
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Height: 205 millimetres
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Thickness: 33 millimetres
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Width: 143 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Savage Club papers.
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1996,1104.19
