Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746-1831
Title:
Fables, original and selected : second series / by the late James Northcote ; illustrated by 280 engravings on wood.
Alternate Title(s):
Fables. Second series
Published / Created:
London : J. Murray, 1833.
Physical Description:
lx, 248 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:581642
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations engraved by John Thompson, Eliza Thompson, Ebenezer Landells, Thomas Williams, Miss Williams, John Jackson, Charlton Nesbit, Albert Thompson, Charles Thurston Thompson, [Robert Edward] Branston and [George Thomas] Wright, John Martin, Samuel M. Slader, Charles Gorway, Henry White, George Wilmot Bonner, and John Orrin Smith; after James Northcote and William Harvey. All the ornamental letters engraved by Ebenezer Landells.
Exhibition History:
Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, October 2, 2014-December 14, 2014)
Subject Terms:
Murray, John -- Publisher. | Whittingham, C. -- Printer. | Chiswick Press -- Printer. | Fables.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1833.
Contributors:
Harvey, William, 1796-1866. | Rogers, Edmund Southey. | Thompson, John, 1785-1866, engraver. | Thompson, Eliza, engraver. | Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860, engraver. | Williams, Thomas, b. ca. 1800, engraver. | Williams, Miss, engraver. | Jackson, John, 1801-1848, engraver. | Nesbit, Charlton, 1775-1838, engraver. | Thompson, Albert, engraver. | Thompson, Charles Thurston, 1818-1868, engraver. | Branston, Robert Edward, 1803?-1877, engraver. | Wright, George Thomas, fl. 1827-1835, engraver. | Martin, John, 1789-1854, engraver. | Slader, Samuel M., engraver. | Gorway, Charles, engraver. | White, Henry, Jr., engraver. | Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836, engraver. | Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843, engraver. | Northcote, James, 1746-1831, ill. | Harvey, William, 1796-1866, ill.