Quarles' Emblems
Book Illustration
1860 (designed)
1860 (designed)
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Book illustration depicting a cross in front of which is a butterfly in a frame flanked by acanthus leaves. The illustration is arranged horizontally across a narrow sheet of cream-coloured laid paper.
Proof of illustration for that which underpins the bottom of the border E.924-1998 for the book illustration E.951-1998 for opposite 'Emblem XII' 'Book The Third' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. W. Harry Rogers drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver.
There is a sharp crease across the top of the border which may have been used to line up this illustration with the bottom of the border which it decorates.
'Emblem XII' 'O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me in secret until thy wrath be past.' - JOB XIV.13
Proof of illustration for that which underpins the bottom of the border E.924-1998 for the book illustration E.951-1998 for opposite 'Emblem XII' 'Book The Third' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. W. Harry Rogers drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver.
There is a sharp crease across the top of the border which may have been used to line up this illustration with the bottom of the border which it decorates.
'Emblem XII' 'O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me in secret until thy wrath be past.' - JOB XIV.13
Object details
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| Title | Quarles' Emblems (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood engraving on laid paper |
| Brief description | Book illustration for 'Quarles' Emblems', 1861, wood-engraving by W. Harry Rogers. |
| Physical description | Book illustration depicting a cross in front of which is a butterfly in a frame flanked by acanthus leaves. The illustration is arranged horizontally across a narrow sheet of cream-coloured laid paper. Proof of illustration for that which underpins the bottom of the border E.924-1998 for the book illustration E.951-1998 for opposite 'Emblem XII' 'Book The Third' for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'. W. Harry Rogers drew on wood for this engraving to be made by a wood-engraver. There is a sharp crease across the top of the border which may have been used to line up this illustration with the bottom of the border which it decorates. 'Emblem XII' 'O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me in secret until thy wrath be past.' - JOB XIV.13 |
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| 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'. |
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| Accession number | E.952-1998 |
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| Record created | January 26, 2000 |
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