The Birth and Triumph of Love–A Poem

Various artists/makers

1823

Not on view

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Title: The Birth and Triumph of Love–A Poem
Author: Sir James Bland Burges, 1st Baronet (British, Gibraltar, 1752–1824)
Illustrator: Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (British, London 1770–1840 Frankfurt am Main)
Engraver: Peltro William Tomkins (British, London 1759–1840 London)
Draftsman: Frontispiece after William Haines (British, Bedhampton, Hampshire 1778–1848 East Brixton)
Engraver: Frontispiece by Edward Scriven (British, Alcester 1775–1841 Middlesex)
Publisher: Robert Jennings, London
Publisher: Peltro William Tomkins (British, London 1759–1840 London)
Publisher: Frontispiece by J. Souter (London)
Printer: Thomas Bensley (British, baptised London 1759–1835)
Sitter: Princess Charlotte of Wales (daughter of King George IV of England) (British, London 1796–1817 Clermont House, Hersham)
Date: 1823
Medium: Illustrations: stipple engraving
Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (20.2 x 12.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Object Number: 62.650.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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