Development images

Title

Development images

Shelfmark

MS. Tom Phillips 136

Summary

Proof prints from the Talfourd Press edition, mainly volume I, plus some volume II and III, some signed:

Two prints of title page; Dante in his Study; for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 2, image 3; titled Butterflies; print of butterflies used in final canto design

Canto 2, image 3; reference print of 'The Cambewell Beauty' butterfly

Fourteen prints of Canto 2, image 4; titled Dalkdis; for Talfourd Press edition; various colourings

Canto 2, image 4; reference etching, botanical study of flowers

Ten prints of Canto 5, image 2; titled Skull; for Talfourd Press edition; various colourings

Ten prints of Canto 15, image 3; for Talfourd Press edition; various colourings

Black and white alternative canto print, design not present in final ediitons

Canto 13, image 4; titled Greyhounds; black and white print of column used in final design

Canto 13, image 4; titled Greyhounds; incomplete print

Two prints of Canto 3, image 1; titled 1000's of Heads; for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 7, image 1; titled Wheel of Fortune; incomplete print for Talfourd Press edition

Three black and white unfinished prints, references to Canto/s unknown

African mask design, labelled 'Painted on pig's etching plate for Tom Piper'

Two alternative canto prints, not present in final editions

Five prints of Canto 7, image 4; titled Swamp Drain; various colourings

Two prints for Canto 19, image 4; titled Serio de Seri; reference print of key motif

Three prints for Canto 19, image 4; reference print of skull motif

Canto 19, image 4; line print of key motif, double-sided

Canto 19, image 4; reference print of key motif

Canto 19, image 4; reference print of skull motif

Two prints for Canto 19, image 4; reference prints of key motif

Four incomplete prints for Canto 18, image 3; titled Route to Rome; various colourings

Canto 31, image 1; titled Violent Letters; labelled 'final proof'; print for Talfourd Press edition

Six colour prints, possibly background for canto 8, image 1

Six colour prints of fleur de lis design on green card

Three colour prints of fleur de lis design inside shield, A4 paper

Twelve colour prints of fleur de lis design, various colourings

Eleven colour prints of fleur de lis design on green card

Four colour prints of fleur de lis design

Six colour prints of fleur de lis design on green card

Two black and white incomplete alternative canto design; not present in final editions

Five prints for alternative canto design; not present in final editions. Pink colouring

Alternative canto design; not present in final editions. Green colouring

Alternative canto design; not present in final editions. Brown colouring

Alternative canto design not present in final editions; featuring African Masks

Black and white copy of above alternative canto design

Canto 5, image 4; titled Adam and Eve; four alternative designs, various colourings

Four alternative Canto designs not present in final editions, featuring portrait of a man

Incomplete colour print reading 'Inferno, Canto IV'

Incomplete colour print reading 'Inferno, Canto VI'

Incomplete colour print reading 'Canto III, Inferno'

Two alternative Canto designs not present in final edition, featuring portrait of a man

Alternative Canto design, not present in final edition

Alternative Canto design, not present in final edition, reads 'Canto IV. Good Friday'

Alternative Canto design, not present in final edition, reads 'Canto III. Good Friday'

Alternative Canto design, not present in final edition, reads 'Canto XVII. Good Friday'

Alternative Canto design, not present in final edition, reads 'Canto VII. Good Friday'

Canto 12, image 1; title unknown; three prints with alternative colourings to final design

Three incomplete prints of Canto 3, image 2; titled Heads and Flags; for Talfourd Press edition

Alternative Canto design, not present in final edition

Four colour prints of alternative Canto design, not present in final edition

Two colour prints of alternative Canto design, not present in final edition

Four colour prints of alternative Canto design, not present in final edition

Canto 12, image 1; title unknown; five prints with alternative colouring to final design

Date

c. 1983-1985

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box