Object Number 2012.0013.024

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Our Mutual Friend./ The end of a long Journey./ Page 140.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Wilford P. Cole

Creator (Role)

Joseph Andrews (Etcher)
08/17/1806-05/09/1873
References: Appleton's Cyclopedia

Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Designer)
1822-1888
Felix Darley illustrated works by Dickens, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Longfellow, James Fenimore Cooper, and many others (ULAN).

Hurd and Houghton Publishers (Publisher)
1864
In 1864, Henry Houghton (born 1832) formed a partnership with Melancthon Hurd, a member of a New York publishing firm. Hurd & Houghton established itself quickly and new business began trickling into the Riverside Press from New York. Later became Houghton Mifflin Company (www.hmco.com).

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1861-1866

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; J. Andrews.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; F.O.C. Darley
3. Inscription; Lower center; NEW YORK, HURD & HOUGHTON.

Subjects

Literary scene; Book illustration; Charles Dickens

Materials

Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé

Dimensions (inches)

13.5 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 3.5 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.2 (H) , 26.4 (W) , 3.5 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at left and bottom. Plate H: 8.3 in. (21.0 cm). Plate W: 6.1 in. (15.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

Hurd and Houghton Publishers

Place of Publication

New York, New York, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Perhaps from: Dickens, Charles, Works of Charles Dickens. 4 vols., household edition. New York: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1861-1866.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Finlay, Nancy. 1999 Inventing the American Past: The Art of F.O.C. Darley.
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