Design
May 21, 1870 (printed)
Two newspaper cuttings about the work of Grinling Gibbons stuck onto either side of a sheet of lined exercise book paper with a pen and ink inscription signed with William Harry Rogers's monogram up one side.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Letterpress on newpaper |
| Brief description | Newspaper cuttings about Grinling Gibbons from the W.H.Rogers Archive. |
| Physical description | Two newspaper cuttings about the work of Grinling Gibbons stuck onto either side of a sheet of lined exercise book paper with a pen and ink inscription signed with William Harry Rogers's monogram up one side. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'mr gurdon Rebow kindly allowed me to have / this Photograph of the Chandos carving. gibbons / would be about 36 when it was executed - / when it was on View at Christies about 40 years / ago it had a slight carved drapery at top and more than half way down the sides.' / WHR (On the left side of the sheet of paper beside the narrowest newspaper cutting.; Handwriting; ink) |
| Credit line | Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries |
| Object history | The newspaper cuttings, one of which is from 'Chamber's Journal' refer to the work of Grinling Gibbons. Gibbons's work was much admired, conserved by and the inspiration of William Gibbs Rogers, famous wood-carver, and the father of W.Harry Rogers. It is part of the W.Harry Rogers Archive and to quote the information on the archive provided by 'RW' on 6 February 1998 on the registered file 1997/1476:- 'It is extraordinarily rare to have this sort of documentation at this level of production for the middle decades of the 19th century. The fact the (sic) the state of the designs ranges from rough sketches to finished drawings and proofs allows the pieces to document the design process very closely.' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1146-1998 |
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| Record created | March 16, 2000 |
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