Accession number:
PML 146269
Published:
[London? : s.n., 1895]
Description:
12 prints : etchings ; image: approx. 175 x 125 mm; bound sheets: 310 x 223 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Bound collection of early states of Strang's 12 etchings for his illustrated edition John Bunyan's The pilgrim's progress (London : John C. Nimmo, 1895), many of them progress proofs differing from the final published state; included are proofs of two rejected etchings: an etched t.p. showing the figure of Christian clad in armor and a plate entitled "Christian loses his burden".
Plates interleaved with guard sheets.
Binding:
3/4 black morocco.
Variant Title:
Binder's title: Pilgrim's progress. Twelve etchings by W. Strang
Inscriptions/Markings:
Individual plates signed by the artist in pencil.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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