An album compiled by an unidentified collector beginning with fifteen scenes from Der Virtuos signed W. Busch '65; twelve scenes entitled Eine Partie Billard, signed with the monogram HA, 1869; twenty-two scenes from William Heath's 1822 Fashion and folly series depicting Lubin and Dashall in various London scenes; a Christmas card from 1885; an wood engraving entitled The world turned upside down, ca. 1818?; a photolithograph with four rabbits discussing a bill "Hares v. rabbits" entitled "An outside parliament, 1880".
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Prints include examples of etching, lithography, wood engraving, and photolithography., and In English; some German and Italian.
A small print depicting a scene from Homer's Odyssey as he sails back to his home in Ithaca: Two Laestrygonian, who are giants, one who upends one Odysseus's ships as other eats one of the men as the fail into the sea. The high cliffs of Lamos is in the distance on the right
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Possibly a book illustration?
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Laestrygonians (Greek mythology), Giants (Fictitious characters), Cannibalism, and Ships
Volume 1, page 60. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of a bust statue of a man, with Greek lettering on its base
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist unidentified., Date from pencil annotation "-Re-1743-" beneath image, which may represent the production date of the drawing., and Mounted on page 60 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.