Call Number:

PH-01742

Collection Name:

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

No. of Items:

24 items

Span Dates:

1886

Description:

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists, comprising twelve unabridged essays by Irving, Lamb, de Quincey, Emerson, Arnold, Morley, Lowell, Carlyle, Macaulay, Froude, Freeman, and Gladstone; with twelve portraits in permanent photography. Two copies, each containing 12 album print plates. Plates from copy 1 have been removed and are housed separately. Portraits of Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Anthony Froude, W.E. Gladstone, and James Russell Lowell are by Elliott & Fry. The portrait of John Morley is by London Stereoscopic Company. The portrait of Edward A. Freeman is by Frear, Ithaca, U.S.A. The portrait of Washington Irving, Charles Lamb, Lord Macaulay, and Thomas de Quincey are reproductions of works of art.

Accession No(s):

Gernsheim Collection

Location(s):

PR 1366 P7 1886 HRC-P cop.1 & 2
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See Also:

Photography Literary Files: Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell

Gernsheim Collection: Unidentified photographers, Men & women identified

Gernsheim Collection: Unidentified photographers, Reproductions of Works of Art