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1. [Proofs of illustrations and decorations for Lakeside edition of Moby Dick, or the whale, by Herman Melville, illustrated by Rockwell Kent].
- Creator:
- Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971, illustrator
- Published / Created:
- [1930?]
- Call Number:
- 2023 Folio 19
- Container / Volume:
- 3
- Image Count:
- 56
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Set of 290 black-and-white prints of Rockwell Kent's illustrations and decorations for the 1930 Lakeside edition of Moby Dick. The prints are housed in 148 mats, with each mat holding one to four prints, and divided into three volumes that correspond to the published Lakeside edition. The mats for each volume are housed in a custom case with paper spine and cover labels featuring Kent's illustrations. Volume 1 contains mats 1-49 (95 prints) and the inventory of illustrations; volume 2 contains mats 50-94 (89 prints); and volume 3 contains mats 95-148 (106 prints).
- Alternative Title:
- Moby Dick
- Description:
- BEIN 2023 Folio 19: From the library of William S. Reese. Twenty-six sheets bear the Strathmore drawing board trademark stamp. Accompanied by manuscript inventory of illustrations in an unidentified hand (11 pages). Each mat is numbered in pencil with a number corresponding to this inventory. The final 9 illustrations (mats 145-148) likely do not appear in the published Lakeside edition. and Title devised by cataloger.
- Publisher:
- The Lakeside Press
- Subject (Name):
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Subject (Topic):
- Whales, Whaling, Sailors, and Ships
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Proofs of illustrations and decorations for Lakeside edition of Moby Dick, or the whale, by Herman Melville, illustrated by Rockwell Kent].
2. [Shipping scene] [art original]
- Creator:
- Gore, Charles, 1729-1807, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 34 Box 3
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing depicting several ships just offshore. Three men in a small boat row towards a ship that looks to have run aground; a man stands on the sandbar(?) beside the incapacitated ship with his arm raised
- Alternative Title:
- Gale
- Description:
- Title from local catalog card; alternative title from the print after which the drawing was made., Signed by the artist in ink on verso., Drawn after a print entitled "A gale," engraved by P.C. Canot after a painting by van de Velde, which was published by John Boydell on 1 November 1773. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1877,0609.1656., Date of production from contemporary annotation in pencil on verso: Charles Gore 1781 from a print after an original by Vandevelde in the possession of Mr. Pratt, engrav'd by Canot 1773., Formerly laid in at page 103 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Shipping and Ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Shipping scene] [art original]
3. [Shipping scene] [art original]
- Creator:
- Gore, Charles, 1729-1807, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 34 Box 3
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing depicting several ships just offshore. Three men in a small boat row towards a ship that looks to have run aground; a man stands on the sandbar(?) beside the incapacitated ship with his arm raised
- Alternative Title:
- Gale
- Description:
- Title from local catalog card; alternative title from the print after which the drawing was made., Signed by the artist in ink on verso., Drawn after a print entitled "A gale," engraved by P.C. Canot after a painting by van de Velde, which was published by John Boydell on 1 November 1773. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1877,0609.1656., Date of production from contemporary annotation in pencil on verso: Charles Gore 1781 from a print after an original by Vandevelde in the possession of Mr. Pratt, engrav'd by Canot 1773., Formerly laid in at page 103 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Topic):
- Shipping and Ships
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Shipping scene] [art original]
