Portraits of the children of the nobility / a series of highly finished engravings executed under the superintendence of Charles Heath ; from drawings by Alfred E. Chalon ... and other eminent artists ; with illustrations in verse by distinguished contributors ; edited by Mrs. Fairlie.
Edition:
First series.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838.
Physical Description:
[12] leaves, [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7645 F3 1838+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by James Thomson, William Henry Mote, Henry Cook, and John Henry Robinson; after Alfred Edward Chalon, John Bostock, and Daniel Maclise.Printed by James Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square, LondonSatirized by John Leech in Portraits of the children of the mobility. London, 1841.
Subject Terms:
Children -- Portraits. | Children in literature. | Children in art. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1838.
Contributors:
Heath, Charles, 1785–1848. | Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780–1860. | Thomson, James, 1788–1850, engraver. | Mote, William Henry, engraver. | Cook, Henry, fl. 1800–1845, engraver. | Robinson, John Henry, 1796–1871, engraver. | Bostock, John, fl. 1826–1869, ill. | Maclise, Daniel, 1806–1870, ill. | Leech, John, 1817–1864. Portraits of the children of the mobility.