Accession number
PML 146392.1
Creator
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, engraver.
Published
[London? : John Murray, 1812]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Engraving by Henry Meyer of a portrait of Lord Byron after a miniature painting by George Sanders; evidently commissioned by the publisher John Murray to serve as a frontispiece for the octavo edition of Childe Harold's pilgrimage. Byron objected strongly to the engraving and wrote to Murray on Oct. 12, 1812 demanding that he see to the destruction of both the plate and all proof impressions made of the print. Cf. Annette Peach, "Famous in my time" : publicization of portraits of Byron during his lifetime.
Proof impression before letters, printed chine collé.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Letters and journals of Lord Byron (PML 146390-97); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Engraving by Henry Meyer of a portrait of Lord Byron after a miniature painting by George Sanders; evidently commissioned by the publisher John Murray to serve as a frontispiece for the octavo edition of Childe Harold's pilgrimage. Byron objected strongly to the engraving and wrote to Murray on Oct. 12, 1812 demanding that he see to the destruction of both the plate and all proof impressions made of the print. Cf. Annette Peach, "Famous in my time" : publicization of portraits of Byron during his lifetime.
Proof impression before letters, printed chine collé.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Letters and journals of Lord Byron (PML 146390-97); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Description
1 print : stipple engraving, image: 120 x 88 mm; sheet: 212 x 163 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil below image at left: Sanders pinxit; at right: Meyer sculp.; at bottom of sheet: Plate destroyed after 6 or 7 impressions taken.
Provenance
David Langton; John Dillon; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Half-length portrait of Lord Byron, facing to the front and wearing a coat or cloak with a heavy fur collar.
Classification
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