Object Number 2012.0013.028

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

David Copperfield./ "When an ugly old man"/ Chap. 13

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Wilford P. Cole

Creator (Role)

Vistus Balch (Etcher)
1799-1884

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).

Sheldon and Company (Publisher)
c.1860-c.1880
Up until at least 1858, Sheldon was still working as: Sheldon, Blakeman & Company, New York.

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; V. Balch Sc.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; F.O.C. Darley Fecit
3. Inscription; Lower center; NEW YORK SHELDON & CO.

Subjects

Literary scene; Book illustration; Charles Dickens

Materials

Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé

Dimensions (inches)

13.9 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.3 (H) , 26.7 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at left and bottom. Plate H: 8.5 in. (21.5 cm). Plate W: 6.5 in. (16.4 cm).

Publisher Summary

Sheldon and Company

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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