The Triumphs of Temper
1803
Author, British, 1745 - 1820
Artist, British, 1757 - 1827
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 6 etchings with engraving on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 22.9 × 13.2 cm (9 × 5 3/16 in.)
book: 23.5 × 14.5 × 2 cm (9 1/4 × 5 11/16 × 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.17.2
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
in gold-tooled letters on spine of leather binding: TRIUMPHS / OF / TEMPER / 1803; on title page: THE / TRIUMPHS OF TEMPER. / A POEM: / IN SIX CANTOS. / BY WILLIAM HAYLEY Esq. / O voi ch'avete gl'intelletti sani / Mirate la dottrina, che si second / Sotto' il velame degli versi strani. / Dante, Inferno, Canto 9. / THE TWELTH EDITION, CORRECTED, / With New Original Designs, / By MARIA FLAXMAN / CHICHESTER: Printed by J. Seagrave; / FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND, / LONDON / 1803
Watermarks
J WHATMAN