Accession number
PML 75014
Creator
Robinson, John, -approximately 1829.
Published
Philadelphia : Published by S.W. Conrad, for the Pennsylvania Hospital : William Brown, Printer, 1818.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund.
Notes
Engraved frontispiece: Key to West's picture of Christ healing the sick ... from a sketch by T. Sully, Esqr. Kneass, Young & Co. sc.
One of two identified printings published by Solomon W. Conrad in 1818. In this printing the title page has "A description" printed in solid Roman type, and "in the temple" printed on a single line. The sixth line of the introduction on p. [3] ends "to arrive at"; the description of the lunatic boy appears on p. 14, and that of the two persons carrying the sick man on p. 15; and the second paragraph of the critical remarks on p. 16 begins "The grand conceptions and design of the artist are here perspicuously given ..."
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.
One of two identified printings published by Solomon W. Conrad in 1818. In this printing the title page has "A description" printed in solid Roman type, and "in the temple" printed on a single line. The sixth line of the introduction on p. [3] ends "to arrive at"; the description of the lunatic boy appears on p. 14, and that of the two persons carrying the sick man on p. 15; and the second paragraph of the critical remarks on p. 16 begins "The grand conceptions and design of the artist are here perspicuously given ..."
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.
Description
24 pages, [1] folded leaf of plate : illustrations (engraving) ; 22 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Annotation in unknown hand in ink on folded leaf.
Binding
Original olive green printed wrappers.
Classification
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