The Market Place

1879

Heliotype Printing Co.

Associated Names
Heliotype Printing Co.

Printer

Houghton, Osgood & Company

Publisher

Felix Octavius Carr Darley

Artist After, American, 1822 - 1888

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    heliotype in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.16 × 40.64 cm (11 7/8 × 16 in.)
    sheet: 42.07 × 54.61 cm (16 9/16 × 21 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.1530.1

  • Volume Title

    Compositions in Outline from Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

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Associated Artworks

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The image depicts a book cover design with the title "Compositions in Outline from Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter" by F.O.C. Darley. The text is elaborate and decorative, with ornate floral and vine motifs adorning the letters, particularly in "Scarlet Letter." The design conveys elegance and careful craftsmanship. At the bottom, there is text indicating the publisher's information as "BOSTON HOUGHTON, OSGOOD & COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge."

Compositions in Outline from Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, Heliotype Printing Co., Houghton, Osgood & Company

1879

The Interview

Heliotype Printing Co., Houghton, Osgood & Company

1879

Pearl

Heliotype Printing Co., Houghton, Osgood & Company

1879

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1879

  • Darley, Felix Octavius Carr. Compositions in Outline from Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. Boston, MA: Houghton, Osgood & Company; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1879, pl. 1.

Inscriptions

lower right on plate: F.O.C. Darley fecit

text on plate:
The Market Place. / PL. 1. / "She took the baby on her arm, and, with a burning flush and yet a / haughty smile, and a glance that would not be abashed, looked / around at her townspeople and neighbors.

Wikidata ID

Q77260905

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