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Collection of portraits from Fraser's magazine's Gallery of illustrious literary characters [album]

Accession number
PML 146285
Creator
Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870.
Published
[London : James Fraser, 1830-1838]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Individual plates are inlaid into the leaves of a bound volume.
Description
75 prints : lithographs ; 280 x 200 mm, or smaller.
Inscriptions/Markings
Stamped by former owner on front flyleaf, "Vernon J. Watney, Cornbury".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Collection of 75 portraits chiefly executed in pen-and-ink lithograph by Daniel Maclise for Fraser's publisher series of portraits entitled "Gallery of illustrious literary characters", which appeared in that magazine under the artist's pseudonym "Alfred Croquis" from 1830-1838. Some of the plates bear the imprint of the lithographic firm of Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.; collection may include proof or early states, as some plates appear to have been pulled before final lettering.
Binding
1/2 green morocco.
Classification
Department