The authors of England. A series of medallion portraits of modern literary characters, engraved from the works of British artists, by Achille Collas. With illustrative notices by Henry F. Chorley.

Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872, The authors of England, 1838

Creator:: Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872
Title(s):: The authors of England. A series of medallion portraits of modern literary characters, engraved from the works of British artists, by Achille Collas. With illustrative notices by Henry F. Chorley.
Published/Created:: London, C. Tilt, 1838.
Physical Description:: 1 p.., vi, [1], 93, 12 p. 15 plates. 32 x 25 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR447 C4+ Oversize
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/68363
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BAC : Advertisements: [2] p. at end.
BAC : Plates printed by McQueen, or J. Yates; text printed by E., B., and G. Clarke.
Added t.-p., engraved.
Subject Terms:: Authors, English -- Portraits.
Authors, English.
Contributors:: Collas, Achille, 1795-1859.
Nolte, Vincent, 1779-1856.
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Felicia Hemans.--Sir Walter Scott.--Lord Byron.--Dr. Southey.--Countess of Blessington.--Samuel Taylor Coleridge.--Edward Lytton Bulwer.--Lady Morgan.--Percy Bysshe Shelley.--Thomas Moore.--Charles Lamb.--Mary Russell Mitford.--Thomas Campbell.--William Wordsworth.--Memorial of facts connected with the history of medallic engraving, and the process of M. Collas [by Vincent Nolte]

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