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The Lady and the Rooks

Wood Engraving
1829 (made), 1904 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Proof print on India paper


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Lady and the Rooks (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving on India paper.
Brief description
Edward Calvert. 'The Lady and the Rooks.' 1829, reprinted 1904.
Physical description
Proof print on India paper
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.6875in
  • Width: 3in
Production
Attribution note: From a portfolio: The Early Engravings of Edward Calvert. Eleven proofs on India paper from the original copper plates, wood blocks, and lithographic stones. Published by Messrs. Carfax & Co., Ltd., 1904. (The original lettered inscription on the wood blocks have been removed.) The issue was limited to thirty copies. The two copper engravings and seven wood-engravings were printed from the original plates and blocks, now in the British Museum. Of the two lithographs, the impressions included in this issue were part of a remainder, numbering only thirty-five, of those printed under the artist's own supervision in 1829. (After printing, the stones were cleaned, and in the memoir by Calvert's third son, these subjects were reproduced by means of photo-process blocks.)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Collection
Accession number
E.513-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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