The Keepsake 1832, Vase with Harpist - Original English Steel Engraving
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Original steel engraving of the title page of The Keepsake for 1832: a large neoclassical two-handled vase, with the title and the year engraved on the neck and, in the central medallion, a young woman playing the harp in a garden. Proof before letters on applied China paper.
Original steel engraving of the title page of The Keepsake for 1832: a large neoclassical two-handled vase, with the title and the year engraved on the neck and, in the central medallion, a young woman playing the harp in a garden. Proof before letters on applied China paper.
The Keepsake was the most luxurious of the English illustrated annuals of the Romantic period, celebrated for its steel engravings and for the roster of writers from Byron's circle who contributed to it, Mary Shelley among them.
Medium: Steel engraving, proof before letters on applied China paper
Source: The Keepsake, London, 1832
Date: 1832
Dimensions: 8.1 x 10.6 in (20.6 x 26.8 cm)
Condition: The impression in good condition and very sharp; the mounting card shows foxing spread through the margins
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Original steel engraving of the title page of The Keepsake for 1832: a large neoclassical two-handled vase, with the title and the year engraved on the neck and, in the central medallion, a young woman playing the harp in a garden. Proof before letters on applied China paper.