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Design

1825-1873 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rogers, William Harry (Designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

A rubbing, in pencil, from the cover of a Flemish bookbinding showing panels of creatures on a rectangular sheet of cream-coloured laid paper.


Object details

Category
Designs
Object type
Design
Materials and techniques
rubbing in pencil on laid paper.
Laid Paper
Pencil
Rubbing
Brief description
Rubbing by W.Harry Rogers from the W.H.Rogers Archive.
Physical description
A rubbing, in pencil, from the cover of a Flemish bookbinding showing panels of creatures on a rectangular sheet of cream-coloured laid paper.
Dimensions
  • Width: 11.3cm
  • Height: 17.7cm
Credit line
Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries
Object history
This rubbing 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.'
Production
Rubbing from a Flemish bookbinding of about 1500.
Bibliographic references
  • Houfe, Simon 'The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists.' Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, Antique Collectors' Club, revised 1981 437 p ISBN 0902028731
  • Ball, Douglas 'Victorian Publishers' Bindings.' London: The Library Association, 1985. 90 p. and 155 p.
  • Engen, Rodney K. "Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers'. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. 223 p. ISBN 0859641392
  • Fogelmark, Staffan 'Flemish and Related Panel-Stamped Bindings'. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1990. plate XXX. ISBN 0914930141
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.841-1998

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Record createdMarch 23, 2000
Record URL
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