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Call Number:

PH-00560

Collection Name:

Illustrations of Scripture, by an animal painter. With notes by a naturalist

Creator:

Blackburn, Jemima (1823 - 1909)

No. of Items:

20 items

Span Dates:

1854 - 1855?

Description:

Published pictorial album of biblical illustrations including 20 mounted photographs. "As the Pencil and the Pen which have composed the present volume, belong to different hands, he who has guided the latter desires to say, that unless encouraged so to do by the accomplished lady (J.B.) by whom the Drawing were designed, he would rather have abstained from ... adding any explanatory or other Letterpress, to what is so clearly and skillfully expressed in the Photographed Illustrations ...--J.W." Edinburgh: Thomas Constable, [1854 or 1855].

Accession No(s):

964:0982:0001-0020; Gernsheim Collection. Nameplate of Nottingham Subscription Library affixed to front pastedown.

Location(s):

f N 8026 B523 HRC-P (964:0982:0001-0020)
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