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Call Number:
MSS 17
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Shirley Smith, Richard
Title(s):
The Wood Engravings of Richard Shirley Smith. Cambridge: Silent Books, 1994.
Date:
1994
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Books and Articles on Richard Shirley Smith
Part of Collection:
volume Moss no. 21
Provenance:
Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Typeset by Libanus Press, Marlborough; printed at The Alden Press, Osney Mead, Oxford. Limited to one hundred copies of which this is no. 27 signed by Shirley Smith. Photograph and one hundred twenty wood engravings reproduced with two signed and numbered prints in a chemise: 'Temple of Antoninus & Faustina, Rome' [1961, Bain no. 8] and 'Angel Visits Anna and Joachim, Rome' [1961, Bain no. 6]. Bound in dark red book cloth with paper-covered boards printed with reproductions of Shirley Smith engravings. Dark red slip case. Included here is a catalogue of the engravings 1960 to 1989, a listing of exhibitions, illustrated books, and illustrated periodical & newspaper articles. Bain also assigned the numbers to Shirley Smith's wood engravings that are used throughout this checklist. However, several early engravings are omitted from Bain's list. See engravings list (Section IV). A record for this item is also available in the <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:show="new" xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3721836">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
Physical Description:
Pp. [i-iv] [1-6] 7-72 [73-76] ; 280 x 203 mm
Finding Aid Title:
Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5884.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2395968
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2395968?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1