Accession number
PML 142455
Creator
Constable, John, 1776-1837.
Published
London : Published by Mr. Constable, sold by Colnaghi, Dominic Colnaghi and Co. Pall Mall East, 1833.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
The 22 plates are accompanied by guard sheets.
Library's copy made up by Constable and inscribed to Rosa Hardisty on verso of frontispiece with Constable's signature on t.p.; plates are numbered by Constable and 13 of the plates are annotated in pencil by the artist; printed text includes the introduction in a state not listed by Shirley, and "English landscape" page not listed at all by Shirley.
Of the 22 plates, 12 of them are in the 1st state, 4 in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd, 3 in the 4th, and 2 are in the 5th.
Library's copy made up by Constable and inscribed to Rosa Hardisty on verso of frontispiece with Constable's signature on t.p.; plates are numbered by Constable and 13 of the plates are annotated in pencil by the artist; printed text includes the introduction in a state not listed by Shirley, and "English landscape" page not listed at all by Shirley.
Of the 22 plates, 12 of them are in the 1st state, 4 in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd, 3 in the 4th, and 2 are in the 5th.
Description
[8] p., [22] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. (mezzotints) ; 29 x 43 cm.
Provenance
Inscribed to Rosa Hardisty; bookplate of Douglas Kerr; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary 1/2 green morocco.
Classification
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