"A lady working at her embroidery turns to watch a child holding a bird, an oval composition."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., Proof state before title. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3321., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: The tender mother., and Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 12 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 27th, 1787, by S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
A drawing of five birds in a decorative scrolling pattern on the privately printed title page of an extra-illustrated volume; it fills the space along the right margin and extends over the top of the text block; the top two image show two birds in flight with the three circles below showing birds perched on branches
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist with initials in lower right portion of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from specially printed title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Bound as page 10 in volume 7 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Title supplied by curator., From: Biblia, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1483., Appeared earlier in the Low German Bible published by Quentell in Cologne, ca. 1478., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Anton Koberger
Subject (Topic):
Blindness in the Bible, Birds, Swans, and Blind persons
Title supplied by curator., From: Biblia, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1483., Appeared earlier in the Low German Bible published by Quentell in Cologne, ca. 1478., Tobias is depicted curing his father, Tobit, of blindness., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Anton Koberger
Subject (Topic):
Blindness in the Bible, Birds, Angels, Miracles, Family members, and Blind persons
