Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
Title:
Two centuries of song, or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years / with critical and biographical notes by Walter Thornbury ... ; illustrated by original pictures of eminent artists, drawn and engraved especially for this work ; with coloured borders, designed by Henry Shaw ...
Published / Created:
London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1867.
Physical Description:
xii, 307 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by [John] Orrin Smith, Horace Harral, William James Linton, William Luson Thomas, William James Palmer, and R.B. Utting; after I. Lamont, Henry Stacy Marks, Edward Killingworth Johnson, Thomas Morten, George Dunlop Leslie, William Paton Burton, George Housman Thomas, William Small, George Bouverie Goddard, Edmund Morison Wimperis, Frederick Bacon Barwell, Josef Wolf, Edmund George Warren, and Henry Shaw.
Subject Terms:
English poetry. | Low, Sampson, Son, and Marston -- Publisher. | Clay, R., Son, and Taylor -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1867.
Contributors:
Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843, engraver. | Harral, Horace, engraver. | Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, engraver. | Thomas, William Luson, 1830-1900, engraver. | Palmer, William James, fl. 1858-1888, engraver. | Utting, R. B., engraver. | Lamont, I., ill. | Marks, Henry Stacy, 1829-1898, ill. | Johnson, Edward Killingworth, 1825-1896, ill. | Morten, Thomas, 1836-1866, ill. | Leslie, George Dunlop, 1835-1921, ill. | Burton, William Paton, 1828-1883, ill. | Thomas, George Housman, 1824-1868, ill. | Small, William, 1843-1929, ill. | Goddard, George Bouverie, 1832-1886, ill. | Wimperis, Edmund Morison, 1835-1900, ill. | Barwell, Frederick Bacon, fl. 1855-1887, ill. | Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899, ill. | Warren, Edmund George, d. 1909, ill. | Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889, ill.