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Specimens of Wood Cuts about 1940

Print
1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Specimens of wood cuts with proofs of various illustrations to handbooks to Hampton Court and Westminster Abbey.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpecimens of Wood Cuts about 1940 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Wood cuts.
Brief description
Print in a volume entitled 'Specimens of Wood Cuts', containing proofs largely of wood engravings for handbooks of Hampton Court and Westminster Abbey, by Felix Summerly (pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole), as well as J. Jackson, Isabel Cowper, John Thompson, Orrin Smith and others. Great Britain, c. 1840.
Physical description
Specimens of wood cuts with proofs of various illustrations to handbooks to Hampton Court and Westminster Abbey.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.15/16in
  • Width: 2.3/4in
  • Height: 11 3/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914 )
  • Width: 9 1/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914 )
Production typeProof
Credit line
Presented by Alan S. Cole, Esq., C.B.
Associations
Bibliographic references
  • Hardie, Martin, A.R.E, Catalogue Of Modern Wood-Engravings. London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1919
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Accession number
E.1446-1913

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Record createdOctober 21, 2008
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