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The Book of British Ballads, Vol. 1

1847
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Vol. 1 of 2; 234 pp., index at back lists illustrators and engravers. Red leather binding, front & back gilt tooled design of urn with flowers and fruit within a decorative frame, gilt lettering on the spine. Reissue of book first published in 1842.
Illustrations (in alphabetical order by title):
"Chevy Chase," p. 1: designer: John Franklin / engravers: William James Linton, Thomas Williams, John Bastin, Thomas Armstrong, Ebenezer Landells.
"Fair Margaret and Sweet William," p. 179: designer: Henry Warren / engraver: Jackson [?Mason Jackson, 1819-1903 or his elder brother John Jackson, 1801-1848].
"Fair Rosamond," p. 21: designer: John Franklin / engravers: Thomas Williams, Orrin Smith, Edmund Evans, John Walmsley, Miss Williams [either Mary Ann Williams, British, b. 1788, or her niece Miss E. Williams].
"Fause Foodrage," p. 163: designer: T. M. Joy [?Thomas Musgrove Joy, active 1842] / engraver: Miss Williams [either Mary Ann Williams, British, b. 1788; or her niece Miss E. Williams].
"Genevieve," p. 173: designer: John Franklin / engravers: Thomas Armstrong, George Pike Nicholls.
"Gil Morrice," p. 97: designer: Joseph Kenny Meadows / engravers: Smith and Linton.
"Johnie of Breadislee," p. 223: designer: Thomas Sibson / engraver: William James Linton.
"Katherine Janfarie," p. 267: designer: Charles Harvey Weigall / engraver: Ebenezer Landsells
"Kempion," p. 51: designer: William Bell Scott / engraver: Smith and Linton.
"King Arthur's Death," p. 125: designer: John Franklin / engravers: W. T. Green, George Pike Nicholls, Thomas Armstrong.
"Lord Soulis," p. 145: designer: Robert Ronald McIan / engravers: Smith and Linton.
"Lord Thomas and Fair Annet," p. 157: designer: Henry James Townsend / engravers: William Armstrong Folkard, Frederick William Branston, John Walmsely, John Bastin.
"Lord Ullin's Daughter," p. 207: designer: Edward Corbould / engravers: Josiah Wood Whymper, S. Williams [?Samuel Williams].
"Robin Goodfellow," p. 83: designer: Richard Dadd / engraver: W. T. Green.
"Sir Aldingar," p. 107: designer: John Gilbert / engraver: Giles and Folkard [?William Armstrong Folkard].
"Sir Lancelot du Lake," p. 117: designer: Edward Corbould / engravers: Smith and Linton [Harvey Orrin Smith, act. 1847-70, who worked as Smith and Linton with William Henry Linton].
"Sir Patrick Spens," p. 91: designer: John Franklin / engraver: Thomas Armstrong.
"The Birth of St. George," p. 185: designer: William Bell Scott / engravers: William Armstrong Folkard, Henry Vizetelly, Thomas Armstrong.
"The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green," p. 73: designer: John Gilbert / engraver: Henry Vizetelly.
"The Childe of Elle," p. 57: designer: John Franklin / engraver: Thomas Williams.
"The Children in the Wood," p. 12: designer: John Rogers Herbert, A.R.A. / engraver: W. T. Green.
"The Demon Lover," p. 31: designer: John Gilbert / engravers: Wiliam Armstrong Folkard and John Bastin.
"The Dowie Dens of Yarrow," p. 229: designer; John Franklin / engravers: Frederick William Branston and Edmund Evans.
"The Heire of Linne," p. 135: designer: Edward Matthew Ward / engraver: John Bastin.
"The Mermaid," p. 195: designer: John Franklin / engravers: W. T. Green, Frederick William Branston, George Pike Nicholls, Thomas Armstrong.
"The Nut-Brown Maid," p. 37: designers: Thomas Creswick, William Bell Scott, Samuel Williams / engravers: Samuel Williams, Joseph Lionel Williams, Ebenezer Landells, and Henry Richard Vizetelly.
"The Twa Brothers," p. 67: designer: William Powell Frith / engraver: John Bastin.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Book of British Ballads, Vol. 1
  • Editor: Samuel Carter Hall (Irish, Waterford 1800–1889 London)
  • Publisher: Jeremiah How (London)
  • Illustrator: Edward Henry Corbould (British, London 1815–1905 London)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Creswick (British, Sheffield 1811–1869 London)
  • Illustrator: Richard Dadd (British, Chatham, Kent 1817–1886 Crowthorne, Berkshire)
  • Illustrator: John Franklin (Irish, 1828–1868 London)
  • Illustrator: William Powell Frith (British, Aldfield, Yorkshire 1819–1909 London)
  • Illustrator: Sir John Gilbert (British, London 1817–1897 London)
  • Illustrator: John Rogers Herbert (British, Maldon, Essex 1810–1890 London)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Musgrave Joy (British, Maidstone, Kent 1812–1866 London)
  • Illustrator: Robert Ronald McIan (British (born Scotland), 1803–1856 Hampstead)
  • Illustrator: Joseph Kenny Meadows (British, Cardigan, Wales 1790–1874 London)
  • Illustrator: William Bell Scott (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1811–1890 Ayreshire)
  • Illustrator: Henry James Townsend (British, Taunton, Somerset 1810–1890)
  • Illustrator: Edward Matthew Ward (British, London 1816–1879 Windsor)
  • Illustrator: Henry Warren (British, London 1794–1879 London)
  • Illustrator: Charles Harvey Weigall (British, 1794–1877 London)
  • Illustrator: Samuel Williams (British, Colchester, Essex 1788–1853 London)
  • Engraver: Thomas Armstrong (British, active 1840s)
  • Engraver: John Bastin (British, active 1840s, died 1851)
  • Engraver: Frederick William Branston (British, 1805–1849 (active until))
  • Engraver: Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
  • Engraver: William Armstrong Folkard (British, active 1830–50)
  • Engraver: W. T. Green (British, active 1837–72)
  • Engraver: Ebenezer Landells (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1808–1860 West Brompton)
  • Engraver: William James Linton (British, London 1812–1897 New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Engraver: George Pike Nicholls (British, active 1841–87)
  • Engraver: Thomas Sibson (British, Cumberland 1817–1844 Malta)
  • Engraver: Harvey Orrin Smith (British, active 1847–70)
  • Engraver: Henry Richard Vizetelly (British, 1820–1894 Farnham)
  • Engraver: John Walmsley (British, active 1839–78)
  • Engraver: Joseph Lionel Williams (British, ca. 1815–1877 London)
  • Engraver: Mary Ann Williams (British, born 1788)
  • Engraver: Thomas Williams (British, Colchester, Essex 1798–1862 after)
  • Engraver: Samuel Williams (British, Colchester, Essex 1788–1853 London)
  • Engraver: Josiah Wood Whymper (British, Ipswich 1813–1903 Haslemere)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1847
  • Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 1 in. (26 x 19.1 x 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.802.12(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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