The Landscape Alphabet

Printer Charles Joseph Hullmandel British

1831

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This 1831 alphabet book contains 26 unnumbered lithographed plates printed by Hullmandel, seven of them signed by L. E. M. Jones, the binding with original marbled paper boards and a brown leather spine. A charity publication, this work was not widely distributed. The collection also contains related graphite drawings by the artist (66.631.5 and 2012.401.23).

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Title: The Landscape Alphabet
Illustrator: Miss L. E. M. Jones (British, active 1800–70)
Printer: Charles Joseph Hullmandel (British, London 1789–1850 London)
Date: 1831
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 3/8 in. (24 x 17.4 x 1 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Sibyl Pantazzi, 1957
Object Number: 57.606
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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