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Roger's 'Italy'

Print
1830 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Line engraving on steel, printed on an individual sheet of paper, depicting a scene in Italy to illustrate Samuel Roger's poem.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Roger's 'Italy' (series title)
  • A Farewell - Lake of Como (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Line engraving on steel
Brief description
Line engraving on steel by Robert Wallis entitled 'A Farewell - Lake of Como', after a vignette by J. M. W. Turner, originally commissioned by the poet Samuel Rogers to illustrate his poem, 'Italy'. Great Britain, 1830.
Physical description
Line engraving on steel, printed on an individual sheet of paper, depicting a scene in Italy to illustrate Samuel Roger's poem.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Horace Mummery
Object history
In 1814 Rogers made a tour on the Continent with his sister Sarah. He travelled through Switzerland to Italy, keeping a full diary of events and impressions, and had made his way to Naples when the news of Napoleon's escape from Elba obliged him to hurry home. Seven years later he returned to Italy, paying a visit to Byron and Shelley at Pisa. Out of the earlier of these tours arose his last and longest work, Italy. The first part was published anonymously in 1822; the second, with his name attached, in 1828. It was at first a failure, but Rogers was determined to make it a success. He enlarged and revised the poem, and commissioned illustrations from J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Stothard and Samuel Prout. These were engraved on steel in the sumptuous edition of 1830. The book then proved a great success, and Rogers followed it up with an equally sumptuous edition of his Poems,(1834).
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Literary referenceSamuel Rogers
Other number
R372 - Rawlinson number (Mummery Bequest)
Collection
Accession number
E.3776-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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