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Etchings for the Art-Union of London

1857
Not on view
Title page, contents, 27 plates, binding of green publisher's cloth, the title gold-stamped on the front cover and spine. Gilt page edges. Three by Samuel Palmer were removed before the work was acquired.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London
  • Author: The Etching Club (London)
  • Etcher: Charles West Cope (British, Leeds 1811–1890 Bournemouth)
  • Etcher: Thomas Creswick (British, Sheffield 1811–1869 London)
  • Etcher: Frederick Tayler (British, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire 1802–1889 West Hampstead)
  • Etcher: Thomas Webster (British, London 1800–1886 Cranbrook, Kent)
  • Etcher: Samuel Palmer (British, London 1805–1881 Redhill, Surrey)
  • Etcher: John Callcott Horsley (British, London 1817–1903 London)
  • Etcher: Richard Ansdell (British, Liverpool 1815–1885 Frimley, near Farnborough, Hampshire)
  • Etcher: Henry James Townsend (British, Taunton, Somerset 1810–1890)
  • Etcher: William Edward Frost (British, Wandsworth, Surrey 1810–1877 London)
  • Etcher: James Clarke Hook (British, London 1819–1907 Silverbeck, Surrey)
  • Etcher: Richard Redgrave (British, London 1804–1888 London)
  • Etcher: George Bernard O'Neill (Irish, Dublin 1828–1917 London)
  • Etcher: William Holman Hunt (British, London 1827–1910 London)
  • Etcher: Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London)
  • Date: 1857
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching, some mezzotint and drypoint
  • Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 11 x 11/16 in. (37.8 x 27.9 x 1.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.12.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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