The Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare

1849

T. W. Gwilt Mapleson

Associated Names
Thomas W. Gwilt Mapleson

Illuminator, American, 1814/15 - 1852

Thomas Sinclair

Printer, American, born Scotland, 1807 - 1881

Lockwood and Company

Publisher

William Shakespeare

Author, English, 1564 - 1616

This is a photograph of a decorative book cover. The cover is black with a gold border and lettering. The title of the book is "The Shakespeare Ballads Illuminated." In the center of the cover, there is a crest with a shield, a bird on top, and a ribbon with the motto "Hon Sanz Droict." Metal clasps are on the corners for closure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with twenty-five chromolithographs

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    closed: 26 × 21 × 2.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 1 in.)
    open: 26 × 43 cm (10 1/4 × 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.119

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William and Abigail Gerdts, New York; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"With Best Wishes Mrs A H Fletcher"; "Alfred Hewlett Fletcher, May 24th 1935"

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