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![[Thomas Chatterton] To the Right Worshipful John Kerle Haberfield, Esqre. Third time Mayor of Bristol, This Engraving of Chatterton Composing the Rowleian M.S.S.](jpegs/19469.jpg)
[Thomas Chatterton] To the Right Worshipful John Kerle Haberfield, Esqre. Third time Mayor of Bristol, This Engraving of Chatterton Composing the Rowleian M.S.S. in the lumber room of his Mother's house, Colston's Parade,_the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, which contains the celebrated Monument Room, being seen through the window, Is respectfully dedicated, by his obliged Servant The Publisher.
R. Jeffreys Lewis. E. Mc.Innes.
Bristol: Published 1st. Sept.r 1846, by C. Mitchell, 37, College Street.
Mezzotint. 444 x 503mm (17½ x 19¾"). Trimmed with some tears, particular tear into left-hand side of image. Repaired title area with text scuffed and rubbed.
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), Poet and icon of the Romantic movement. The boy poet who spent his last months in poverty in a London attic before committing suicide at the age of 17; his life and work had a powerful effect on the Romantic imagination: 'the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul, that perished in his pride' (Wordsworth). Shelley also commemorates the poet.
[Ref: 19469] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Jeffreys Lewis. E. Mc.Innes.
Bristol: Published 1st. Sept.r 1846, by C. Mitchell, 37, College Street.
Mezzotint. 444 x 503mm (17½ x 19¾"). Trimmed with some tears, particular tear into left-hand side of image. Repaired title area with text scuffed and rubbed.
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), Poet and icon of the Romantic movement. The boy poet who spent his last months in poverty in a London attic before committing suicide at the age of 17; his life and work had a powerful effect on the Romantic imagination: 'the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul, that perished in his pride' (Wordsworth). Shelley also commemorates the poet.
[Ref: 19469] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![W.m Wordsworth [facsimile signature].](jpegs/39303.jpg)
W.m Wordsworth [facsimile signature].
Painted by Miss Margaret Gillies. Engraved by Edward M.c Innes.
London Published Aug.t 6 1841 by F.G. Moon, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 20, Threadneedle Street.
Rare mezzotint on india, private plate. 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"); very large margins.
A seated portrait of William Wordsworth (1770-1850), before an arched window. The painter, Margaret Gillies (1803-87), a Scottish painter known for her portraits of Wordsworth & Charles Dickens. For many years she lived with Thomas Southwood Smith, the physician who dissected Jeremy Bentham in 1832: Bentham's 'auto-con' (the box holding his preserved body) lived with them until 1850 when it was acquired by University College London.
[Ref: 39303] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Miss Margaret Gillies. Engraved by Edward M.c Innes.
London Published Aug.t 6 1841 by F.G. Moon, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 20, Threadneedle Street.
Rare mezzotint on india, private plate. 340 x 230mm (13½ x 9"); very large margins.
A seated portrait of William Wordsworth (1770-1850), before an arched window. The painter, Margaret Gillies (1803-87), a Scottish painter known for her portraits of Wordsworth & Charles Dickens. For many years she lived with Thomas Southwood Smith, the physician who dissected Jeremy Bentham in 1832: Bentham's 'auto-con' (the box holding his preserved body) lived with them until 1850 when it was acquired by University College London.
[Ref: 39303] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)