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Woodblocks for Sir Roger de Coverly

JL 1078/1-13

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Title

Woodblocks for Sir Roger de Coverly

Shelfmark

JL 1078/1-13

Summary

Original housing labelled by Richard Shirley Smith as:

'Sir Roger de C: 13 blocks for (Folio) Sir Roger de Coverly, Cat no: 85-115'

Comprises:

13 woodblocks for Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele and Eustace Budgell (1967) Sir Roger de Coverly. London: The Folio Society.

'The Spectator Club' (1967) 3.75 x 2.75cm, boxwood (Bain: number 87)

'A Meeting of the Club' (1967) 2.5 x 5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 88)

'Sir Roger at Home' (1967) 2 x 3.5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 89)

'Sir Roger's Portrait Gallery' (1967) 2 x 4.75cm, boxwood (Bain: number 92)

'Sir Roger and the Ghosts' (1967) 3 x 2.25cm, boxwood (Bain: number 93)

'Sir Roger in Church' (1967) 2.75 x 3.75cm, boxwood (Bain: number 94)

'Sir Roger in Love' (1967) 2.75 x 4.5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 95)

'Sir Roger Goes Hunting' (1967) 2.5 x 5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 96)

'Country Manners' (1967) 4 x 5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 99)

'Sir Roger and the Gypsies' and 'Sir Roger Goes to Spring Garden' (1967) 5.75 x 3.75cm, boxwood (Bain: numbers 101 and 110)

'Sir Roger in London' (1967) 1.75 x 3cm, boxwood (Bain: number 105)

'Sir Roger's Heir' (1967) 2 x 4cm, boxwood (Bain: number 114)

'The End of the Club' (1967) 2.5 x 5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 115)

Date

1967

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box

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Collection contents

Archive of Richard Shirley Smith

Artwork

Wood engravings

Woodblocks for Sir Roger de Coverly

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