Indiana. A Story Suggested by Marcailhou's Indiana Waltz

Physical description

Plate in a bound volume accompanied by a page of text. The volume is full-bound in buckram, stamped with a floral design and with the subsidiary title in gold on the cover.

Place of Origin

Ipswich, United Kingdom (printed)

Date

ca.1850 (printed)

Artist/maker

Unknown (engraver)
Anastatic Press (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Process engraving, retouched with pen and ink

Marks and inscriptions

'3'

Dimensions

Height: 27.9 cm size of volume, Width: 37.5 cm size of volume

Object history note

These plates show considerable variations from the original pen and ink drawings on which they are based, E.1362-1369-1963.

Descriptive line

Print in a full-bound volume, one of eight plates from a series entitled 'Indiana. A Story Suggested by Marcailhou's Indiana Waltz'. Process engraving, retouched with pen and ink, printed by S. H. Cowell's Anastatic Press, ca.1850.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
The full text of the entry is as follows:

"ANONYMOUS: Illustration
Indiana. A Story Suggested by Marcailhou's Indiana Waltz. Volume of plates (8), each with a page of text, full-bound in buckram stamped with floral design, with the subsidiary title in gold on the cover. Printed by S. H. Cowell's Anastatic Press, Ipswich, Suffolk, c.1850.
The plates numbered 1 to 8.
Process engraving, retouched with pen and ink.
Size of volume 27.9 x 37.5 cm. E.1354-1963
Given by Mrs. Joan Curzon-Howe-Herrick
Note: These plates show considerable variations from the original pen and ink drawings on which they are based, E.1362-1369-1963."

Materials

Pen and ink

Techniques

Process engraving; Retouching

Categories

Prints; Illustration

Collection code

PDP