Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, The industrial arts of the nineteenth century , 1851-53
- Title(s):
- The industrial arts of the nineteenth century : a series of illustrations of the choicest specimens produced by every nation, at the Great Exhibition of Works of Industry, 1851 : dedicated by permission to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert / by M. Digby Wyatt, architect.
- Additional Title(s):
- Cover title, on the five divisions: Industrial arts of the nineteenth century at the Great Exhibition MDCCCLI
- Published/Created:
- London : Day and Son, 1851-53.
London : Published by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen, MDCCCLI-1853 [1851-1853]. - Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xii, [58] pages, [1], 78 leaves of plates; 166 pages, [1], 80 leaves of plates) : color illustrations ; 49 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 48 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 48 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 48 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 48 Copy 4Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 48 Copy 5Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 48 Copy 6Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/578804
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Illustrated with 158 chromolithographs plus an added chromolithographed title page in each volume.
One hundred and nine of the chromolithographs were produced by Francis Bedford and his assistants, including J. Sliegh and J.A. Vinter; others were executed by the artists permanently attached to the establishment of the publisher. See page xi.
"It was originally intended to divide the work into thirty-eight parts, each containing four plates, to be delivered to the public at intervals of a fortnight. The work was also issued in five divisions, each comprising eight parts; and, in order to render these divisions of equal extent, it was found necessary to increase the number of parts to forty, embracing the whole, 160 plates. The first number appeared on the 1st of October, 1851, and the last will have been published on the 7th of March, 1853."--Page xi.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 85
Ray, G.N. Illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914, 235
Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 157-159
Includes bibliographical references and index.
BAC Folio A N 48 Copy 1: Imperfect: lacks 1st division. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards and quarter brown cloth (five divisions). The plates are printed in colors that differ slightly from those in other copies. Added title pages are bound at the beginning of the 2d division. Ink stamp of M. Sullivan, Art Master, Hastings & St. Leonard's School of Art.
BAC Folio A N 48 Copy 2: Bound in publisher's illustrated boards and quarter brown cloth (five divisions). Added title pages are bound at the end of the 5th division. With an additional printed title page and dedicatory leaf bound at the beginning of the 2d division and two separate leaves of advertisements at the beginning of the 5th division.
BAC Folio A N 48 Copy 3: Bound in two volumes, in brown half leather and brown cloth.
BAC Folio A N 48 Copy 4: Bound in publisher's binding.
BAC Folio A N 48 Copy 5: Bound in two volumes, in red half leather and red cloth, by J. Clarke. Bookplate: James Frothingham Hunnewell.
BAC Folio A N 48 Copy 6: In original 40 parts, in printed wrappers. - Subject Terms:
- Decorative arts -- Exhibitions.Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832–1910 -- Bookplate.Sullivan, M -- Stamp.
- Form/Genre:
- Chromolithographs.
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Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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