Woodblocks for The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
JL 1081/1-11
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Woodblocks for The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shelfmark
JL 1081/1-11
Summary
Comprises:
11 woodblocks for Percy Bysshe Shelley (1971) The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Cambridge: Limited Editions Club.
'Monuments in Desert' (1971) 7.5 x 6.25cm, boxwood (Bain: number 172)
'Pyramid near Protestant Cemetery, Rome' (1971) 4 x 9cm, boxwood (Bain: number 173)
'Butterflies on Flower' (1971) 7.5 x 6cm, boxwood (Bain: number 174)
'Grasshopper' (1971) 3.5 x 5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 175)
'Matted Tree Root' (1971) 2.5 x 7.5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 176)
'Spider' (1971) 2.5 x 3cm, boxwood (Bain: number 177)
'Toad' (1971) 3.5 x 2.75cm, boxwood (Bain: number 178)
'Owl' (1971) 3 x 3.5cm, boxwood (Bain: number 179)
'Flowery Wreath' (1971) 6 x 9cm, boxwood (Bain: number 180)
'Flowers and Skull in Basket' (1971) 4.5 x 6cm, boxwood (Bain: number 181)
'Wreathed Urn, Cone Spear and Curtain (Adonais)' (1971) 5.5 x 7.75cm, boxwood (Bain: number 182)
Date
1971
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of Richard Shirley Smith
Artwork
Wood engravings
Woodblocks for The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
