David Copperfield./ Saved from destruction.
Prints and Maps
Joseph Ives Pease (Etcher)
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (Designer)
Sheldon and Company (Publisher)
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1861-1866
Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé
2012.0013.043
Object Number2012.0013.043 |
Print (Engraving)
David Copperfield./ Saved from destruction.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Wilford P. Cole
Joseph Ives Pease (Etcher)
1809-1883
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.
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1861-1866
1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; J. Ives Pease sculp.\t
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; F.O.C. Darley fecit.
3. Inscription; Lower center; NEW YORK SHELDON & COMPANY
Literary scene; Book illustration; Charles Dickens
Ink; Paper; Paper (wove)
Engraved, Steel Engraved, Chine collé
13.9 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 3.5 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
35.4 (H) , 26.4 (W) , 3.5 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)
H and W at left and bottom. Plate H: 8.8 in. (22.3 cm). Plate W: 6.0 in. (15.3 cm).
Sheldon and Company
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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