Accession number
PML 88573.1-29
Published
[London : s.n., ca. 1806]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1977.
Notes
Artist unknown.
Twenty-nine of thirty drawings (no. III from p. 9 lacking) mounted in five mats. The first edition of "The daisy" was published in London in 1807 for John Harris and Crosby and Co. Comparisons between drawings and engravings reveal an accurate tracing of the originals onto the plate.
Some of the drawings in this group are mirror images of those published in the 1807 first edition (PML 85522.2)
A later reprint of the book from 1830 was illustrated with new designs by Samuel Williams, who drew and engraved the thirty illustrations inspired, but not copied from, the illustrations in the earlier editions.
The illustrations were designed to accompany "cautionary tales in verse" for children. In the printed version, each poem is numbered and has a title, whereas these drawings have neither titles nor numbers.
For a description of Harris's patterns of illustration, including this work, see Moon's introduction pp. 1-8.
Twenty-nine of thirty drawings (no. III from p. 9 lacking) mounted in five mats. The first edition of "The daisy" was published in London in 1807 for John Harris and Crosby and Co. Comparisons between drawings and engravings reveal an accurate tracing of the originals onto the plate.
Some of the drawings in this group are mirror images of those published in the 1807 first edition (PML 85522.2)
A later reprint of the book from 1830 was illustrated with new designs by Samuel Williams, who drew and engraved the thirty illustrations inspired, but not copied from, the illustrations in the earlier editions.
The illustrations were designed to accompany "cautionary tales in verse" for children. In the printed version, each poem is numbered and has a title, whereas these drawings have neither titles nor numbers.
For a description of Harris's patterns of illustration, including this work, see Moon's introduction pp. 1-8.
Description
29 drawings : ill. (pen-and-wash drawings) ; each drawing: 6.5 x 7.5 cm; mats: 51 x 38 cm
Provenance
From the Edgar S. Oppenheimer Collection.
Binding
29 drawings matted in 5 mats, housed in a modern solander box.
Classification
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Department