Our Mutual Friend./ Mt. Boffin engages Mr. Wegg./ Page 76.
Prints and Maps
Vistus Balch (Etcher)
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Designer)
Hurd and Houghton Publishers (Publisher)
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1861-1866
Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé
2012.0013.027
Object Number2012.0013.027 |
Print (Engraving)
Our Mutual Friend./ Mt. Boffin engages Mr. Wegg./ Page 76.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Wilford P. Cole
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).
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).
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1861-1866
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, HURD & HOUGHTON.
Literary scene; Book illustration; Charles Dickens
Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé
13.5 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)
34.2 (H) , 26.6 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)
H and W at left and bottom. Plate H: 8.8 in. (22.4 cm). Plate W: 5.9 in. (15.1 cm).
Hurd and Houghton Publishers
1879
New York, New York, United States, North America
none
Perhaps from: Dickens, Charles, Works of Charles Dickens. 4 vols., household edition. New York: W.A. Townsend & Co., 1861-1866.
Text available soon.
[Book] Finlay, Nancy. 1999 Inventing the American Past: The Art of F.O.C. Darley.
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