printing-block;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1996,1104.51
- Title
- Object: Greenland
- Description
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Seascape with a full moon and stars, and a sailing ship reflected in the calm water. Illustration for the poem 'Greenland', in James Montgomery, 'Poems', edited by Robert Aris Willmott (London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860), p. 203.
Engraved 1859; published 1860
Engraved boxwood block
- Production date
- 1860
- Dimensions
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Height: 125 millimetres
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Thickness: 23 millimetres
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Width: 94 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Catalogued by Bethan Stevens (University of Sussex) in partnership with the British Museum and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); digital photography by Sylph Editions, London (www.sylpheditions.com).
For a proof impression see the Dalziel Archive volume XII, ref. no. 1913,0415.173 ; for the published book see ref. no. 1992,0406.227.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Poems
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1996,1104.51