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The Book of British Ballads, Vol. 2

1847
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Vol. 2 of 2, pp. 235-441, 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. A reissue of a book first published 1842-44.
Illustrations (alphabetical by title):
"Auld Robin Gray," p. 415: designer: John Franklin, engravers George Dalziel and Frederick William Branston.
"Barthram's Dirge," p. 293: designer: Fanny McIan / engraver: Frederick William Branston.
"Colin and Lucy," p. 261: designer: Edward Matthew Ward / engraver: Frederick William Branston.
"Elfinland Wud," p. 421: designer: Joseph Noel Paton / engraver: Thomas Armstrong.
"Fair Helen of Kirconnell," p. 393: designer: John Franklin / engravers: George Pike Nicholls, George Dalziel.
"Frennett Hall," p. 369: designer: John Franklin / engravers: George Dalziel, Frederick William Branston, George Pike Nicholls.
"Glenfilas," p. 241: designer: Henry James Townsend / engravers: George Pike Nicholls, Frederick William Branston, John Walmsley.
"Hengist and Mey," p. 433: designer: Frederick Richard Pickersgill / engraver: Joseph Lionel Williams.
"Katherine Janfarie," p. 267: designer: Charles Harvey Weigall / engraver: Ebenezer Landsells
"King Estmere," p. 375: designer: John Tenniel / engraver: John Bastin.
"Lady Anne Bothwell's Lament," p. 409: designer: J. S. Brine / engravers: John Bastin, Thomas Armstrong.
"Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne," p. 323: designer: John Franklin / engravers: George Pike Nicholls, Frederick William Branston, George Dalziel.
"Rudiger," p. 273: designer: Edward Matthew Ward / engraver: John Walmsley.
"Ruth," p. 313: designer: William Bell Scott / engraver: William James Linton.
"Sir Andrew Barton", p. 307: designer: Frederick William Fairholt / engraver: Thomas Armstrong.
"Sir Cauline," p. 297: designer: John Franklin / engraver: George Dalziel.
"Sir James the Rose," p. 339: designer: J. S. Brine / engravers: William James Linton, Thomas Armstrong.
"The Bonnie Bairns," p. 235: designer: Edward Corbould / engravers: John Bastin, T. Wakefield.
"The Clerk's Twa Sons O' Owsenford," p. 349: designer: Henry Charles Selous / engraver: John Bastin.
"The Cruel Sister", p. 387: designer: Edward Corbould / engraver: Thomas Armstrong.
"The Death and Burial of Robin Hood," p. 333: designer: Henry Warren / engraver: Edmund Evans.
"The Eve of St. John," p. 283: designer: Joseph Noel Paton / engraver: Frederick William Branston.
"The Gay Goss-Hawk," p. 253: designer: John Franklin / engraver: Thomas Armstrong.
"The Luck of Eden-Hall," p. 309: designer: Alfred Henry Forrester ("A. Crowquill") / engraver: Thomas Armstrong.
"The Twa Corbies," p. 429: designer; John Franklin / W. T. Green.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Book of British Ballads, Vol. 2
  • Editor: Samuel Carter Hall (Irish, Waterford 1800–1889 London)
  • Publisher: Jeremiah How (London)
  • Illustrator: J. S. Brine (British, active 1840s)
  • Illustrator: Edward Henry Corbould (British, London 1815–1905 London)
  • Illustrator: Frederick William Fairholt (British, London baptised 1813–1866 London)
  • Illustrator: Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] (British, London 1804–1872 London)
  • Illustrator: John Franklin (Irish, 1828–1868 London)
  • Illustrator: Fanny McIan (British, Bath 1814–1897 London)
  • Illustrator: Sir Joseph Noël Paton (British, Dunfermline, Scotland 1821–1901 Edinburgh)
  • Illustrator: Frederick Richard Pickersgill (British, London 1820–1900 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight)
  • Illustrator: William Bell Scott (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1811–1890 Ayreshire)
  • Illustrator: Henry Courtney Selous (British, Deptford 1803–1890 Beaworthy)
  • Illustrator: Sir John Tenniel (British, London 1820–1914 London)
  • 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)
  • Engraver: Thomas Armstrong (British, active 1840s)
  • Engraver: John Bastin (British, active 1840s, died 1851)
  • Engraver: Frederick William Branston (British, 1805–1849 (active until))
  • Engraver: George Dalziel (British, 1815–1902)
  • Engraver: Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
  • 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: T. Wakefield (British, active 1840s)
  • Engraver: John Walmsley (British, active 1839–78)
  • Engraver: Joseph Lionel Williams (British, ca. 1815–1877 London)
  • 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(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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