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Frederick William Hulme
1816-1884
Kubla Khan's palace at Xanadu / W.R. Sedgfield.
[London : s.n., 1849?]
wood engraving
image: approx. 74 x 77 mm; sheet: 177 x 148 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.906
Notes
Proof of a wood engraved vignette by W.R. Sedgfield after an illustration by Frederick William Hulme for an excerpt from Delights of a book of travel, published in Leigh Hunt's anthology A book for a corner, or, selections in prose and verse from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment. London : Chapman and Hall, 1849, v. 1, p. 173.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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Inscriptions/Markings
Proof touched and inscribed in pencil by Hulme and signed with his initials, "Lower the strength of X-it is out of keeping with the other parts of distance. FWH."
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Associated names
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859. Book for a corner.
Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Sedgfield, William Russell, 1826-1902, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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