The Dial, No. 4
"The Dial" was an art journal established in 1889 that numbered five issues issued through 1897. Its founders and editors were artistic partners, and close friends for more than fifty years--Ricketts an art critic and historian as well as a painter, sculptor, and theater and jewelry designer, and Shannon a painter, portraitist, book illustrator and lithographer. They also ran the Vale Press from 1894.
This number has a brown paper cover (housed in a brown cloth cover with a leather spine and gold lettering, containing parts one to five, 1889,1892,1898,1896-1897). It contains the following illustrations:
1. "Delia," lithograph, C. Shannon, p. 1
2. "A Study of Mice," after a silverpoint drawing by C.Shannon, p. 4
3. "Atalanta," lithograph, C. Shannon, p. 9
4. "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge," woodcut, L. Pissarro, p. 12
5. "The Death of the Dragon," woodcut, T. Sturge Moore, p. 16
6. "Baby Giants," woodcut, T. Sturge Moore, p. 20
7.An illustration to "The King's Quair" after C. Ricketts, p. 22
8 Two pages of The Vale Type (with Initial), designed by C. Ricketts, p. 24
9. "Wotan and Logi Depart in Search of the Reingold," after a pen drawing by R. Savage, p. 32
This number has a brown paper cover (housed in a brown cloth cover with a leather spine and gold lettering, containing parts one to five, 1889,1892,1898,1896-1897). It contains the following illustrations:
1. "Delia," lithograph, C. Shannon, p. 1
2. "A Study of Mice," after a silverpoint drawing by C.Shannon, p. 4
3. "Atalanta," lithograph, C. Shannon, p. 9
4. "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge," woodcut, L. Pissarro, p. 12
5. "The Death of the Dragon," woodcut, T. Sturge Moore, p. 16
6. "Baby Giants," woodcut, T. Sturge Moore, p. 20
7.An illustration to "The King's Quair" after C. Ricketts, p. 22
8 Two pages of The Vale Type (with Initial), designed by C. Ricketts, p. 24
9. "Wotan and Logi Depart in Search of the Reingold," after a pen drawing by R. Savage, p. 32
Artwork Details
- Title: The Dial, No. 4
- Artist and publisher: Charles Haslewood Shannon (British, Lincolnshire 1863–1937 Richmond) , Chelsea
- Artist and publisher: Charles Ricketts (British, Geneva 1866–1931 London)
- Artist: Reginald Savage (British, Colchester, Essex 1862–1937)
- Artist: Thomas Sturge Moore (British, Hastings 1870–1944 Windsor)
- Artist: Lucien Pissarro (British (naturalized), Paris 1863–1944 Hewood, Dorset)
- Printer: Ballantyne Press (Edinburgh and London)
- Date: 1896
- Medium: Illustrations: woodcuts, lithographs, photomechanical process
- Dimensions: 14 3/16 × 11 × 1/2 in. (36 × 28 × 1.2 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Periodicals
- Credit Line: Gift of Burton Emmett, 1924
- Object Number: 24.35.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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