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Design

1847-1871 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a seal in the form of a coat of arms within a circular border. The design is a pencil drawing on tracing paper and is stuck into an album of designs for walking stick and door handles, cutlery, glass vessels, stained glass, book covers and clasps.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil on tracing paper
Brief description
Design for a seal in the form of a coat of arms within a circular border, by William Harry Rogers, pencil on tracing paper, Great Britain, 1847-1871
Physical description
Design for a seal in the form of a coat of arms within a circular border. The design is a pencil drawing on tracing paper and is stuck into an album of designs for walking stick and door handles, cutlery, glass vessels, stained glass, book covers and clasps.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Width: 7.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'1851' (Textual information; bottom; typography; pencil)
Credit line
Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries
Object history
Historical significance: 'These book illustrations are 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
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
Accession number
E.693:14-1998

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Record createdAugust 13, 2003
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