Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The complete angler: or, The contemplative man's recreation.
Call Number
D Middle 83/GC168/Box 16/Normal/Artist Absolon, John/Complete Angler GA 2007.00081
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcp5548504p
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1844 ; 1895 ; 1912.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1844
Extent
1 item ; sheet 46.3 x 40 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Watercolors, Pencil drawings on paper
Medium: Engravings
Campus holdings: Princeton University Library's Rare Books Department has two copies of the 1844 edition; a third copy is available for circulation in the general collection at Firestone Library.
Item description: Eleven watercolor studies and one pencil drawing for Izaak Waltons' "The complete angler." Includes an unidentified engraved portrait by H. Robinson. Accompanied by six letters written by or to William Brown [Fine Art & Antiquarian Bookseller & Publisher, Edinburgh, dated 1895 and 1912] regarding the watercolor drawings.
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Fishers in art
Illustration of books—Great Britain—19th century—Design
Studies (visual works).
Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683—Complete angler—Illustrations
English literature—17th century—Illustrations

Physical Characteristics

File Count
28

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e347bf1b-855b-48ca-a70f-94aaf3f155bb/manifest