Roger's 'Italy'
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1830 (published)
1830 (published)
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Line engraving on steel, printed on an individual sheet of paper, depicting Paestum in Italy to illustrate Samuel Roger's poem.
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Materials and techniques | Line engraving on steel |
Brief description | Line engraving on steel by J. Pye, after a vignette by J. M. W. Turner depicting Paestum, 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 Paestum 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). |
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Literary reference | Samuel Rogers |
Other number | R369 - Rawlinson number (Mummery Bequest) |
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Accession number | E.3765-1946 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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