Accession number
PML 146429, leaf 054 (followin
Published
[London? : s.n., ca. 1790?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Broadside mounted on stub following leaf 54 of v. 1 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Broadside mounted on stub following leaf 54 of v. 1 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Description
1 sheet (1 p.) ; 32 x 39 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Evidently a parody of a prospectus issued in 1786 by John and Josiah Boydell and George Nicol announcing the publication by subscription of Boydell's illustrated edition of the works of Shakespeare.
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