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William Russell Sedgfield
1826-1902
[Count Fathom and the hag] / W.R.S.
[London? : s.n., 1849?]
wood engraving
image: approx. 50 x 72 mm; sheet: 65 x 94 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.987
Notes
Proof of a wood engraved illustration by W.R. Sedgfield.
India paper proof of a wood engraved vignette by W.R. Sedgfield after a design by F.W. Hulme or J. Franklin for "Count Fathom's adventure in the lone cottage," by Smollet, published in Leigh Hunt's A book for a corner, or, selections in prose and verse from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment ... / by Leigh Hunt ; illustrated with eighty wood engravings, from designs by F.W. Hulme and J. Franklin. London : Chapman and Hall, 1849, v. 2, p. 93.
Title supplied by cataloger.
India paper proof of a wood engraved vignette by W.R. Sedgfield after a design by F.W. Hulme or J. Franklin for "Count Fathom's adventure in the lone cottage," by Smollet, published in Leigh Hunt's A book for a corner, or, selections in prose and verse from authors the best suited to that mode of enjoyment ... / by Leigh Hunt ; illustrated with eighty wood engravings, from designs by F.W. Hulme and J. Franklin. London : Chapman and Hall, 1849, v. 2, p. 93.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Vignette shows Count Fathom and the old woman from the cottage riding through the woods.
Associated names
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859. Book for a corner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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