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Quarles' Emblems

Book Illustration
1860 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Book illustration of a cherub with an owl's head and bat's wings emerging from a puff ball surrounded by toadstools in a rectangular. portriat-format on a sheet of laid paper.

Proof of book illustration for opposite "Emblem IX' 'Book the Second' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. Charles Henry Bennett drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver.

Emblem IX. 'What will ye do in the day of your visitation? to whom will ye flee or help? and where will ye leave your glory? - ISAIAH X.3

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleQuarles' Emblems (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on laid paper
Brief description
Proof of book illustration to 'Quarles' Emblems', 1861, wood-engraving by W.Harry Rogers.
Physical description
Book illustration of a cherub with an owl's head and bat's wings emerging from a puff ball surrounded by toadstools in a rectangular. portriat-format on a sheet of laid paper.

Proof of book illustration for opposite "Emblem IX' 'Book the Second' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. Charles Henry Bennett drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver.

Emblem IX. 'What will ye do in the day of your visitation? to whom will ye flee or help? and where will ye leave your glory? - ISAIAH X.3
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Width: 16.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
CHB (Signature; Bottom left corner.; wood-engraving; ink)
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.'
Production
The date '1860' on the proof for the book illustration E.867-1998 and '1859' for the border E.890-1998 suggests that the proofs were drawn on the wood-engraving block in 1859 and 1860 for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'.
Bibliographic references
  • Engen, Rodney K. 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers'. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. 18 p. ISBN 0859641392
  • Houfe, Simon 'The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists'. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, Antique Collectors' Club, revised 1981 233 p. ISBN 0902028731
Collection
Accession number
E.907-1998

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Record createdDecember 20, 1999
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