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Description: | volume: 55.0 x 37.0 cm CRE SCOTT, David; (Scottish; 1806-1849) PUB HILL, alexander Volume of 25 etchings and 26 pages of text by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It also includes a pencil and wash frontispiece by David Scott inscribed with the title and the etched bookplate of William Bell Scott, the artist's brother. Although the 26 etchings have been giving individual catalogue numbers, from 25161 to 25185, they are catalogue under 25161 only on inca.
David Scott was the first artist to illustrate "The Ancient Mariner" and planned the project with the cooperation of the author in 1831. Difficulties over finding a publisher led to a delay in actual publication until 1837. The etchings were much admired by the poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti for their truth to the spirit of the poetry. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | POETRY : ILLUSTRATION : ANCIENT MARINER : VOLUME : SCOTTISH 19TH CENTURY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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