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[Sixty-five anonymous pen-and-ink and wash drawings for illustrations to various children's books published by William Darton] [drawing]

Accession number
PML 88576.1-65
Published
[London : s.n., 1774-1822]
Notes
Sixty-five drawings mounted in fifteen mats.
Artist unknown.
Dated from (bookseller's?) typewritten note.
The illustrations were designed, some possibly by Darton himself, to accompany various cautionary and instructive tales for children, and published by Darton and Harvey. None of the drawings are sigend or have titles.
The drawings in mat no. 9 are tinted blue.
For a description of Darton's patterns of illustration, see Lawrence Darton's introduction.
Description
65 drawings : ill. (pen-and-wash drawings) ; various dimensions; smallest, 5 x 7 cm; largest, 13 x 8 cm; mats: 51 x 38 cm
Binding
65 drawings matted in 15 mats, housed in a modern solander box.
Classification
Department