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Bronze Candlestick

Wood Engraving
1840-1859 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rogers, William Harry (Designer)
Place of origin
London (printed)

Proof illustration of a bronze candlestick on lion's paw feet on a sheet of rectangular cream-coloured paper.


Object details

Categories
Designs
Lighting
Object type
Wood engraving
TitleBronze Candlestick (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
wood-engraving on laid paper
Laid Paper
Printing Ink
Wood-Engraving
Brief description
Proof illustration, of a bronze candlestick, for a magazine by WH Rogers
Physical description
Proof illustration of a bronze candlestick on lion's paw feet on a sheet of rectangular cream-coloured paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.3cm
  • Width: 10.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'No 23' (Textual information; Bottom right corner; Handwriting; Pencil)
Credit line
Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries
Object history
This wood-engraving is from a folder on which is the inscription 'Miscellaneous objects drawn on wood by W.H.R.' in the WH Rogers Archive.

Historical significance: This print 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 kind 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.'
Subject depicted
Candlestick
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.737-1998

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Record createdJune 28, 2001
Record URL
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