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605931"Corbould" of a lady making a selection of flowers of a nosegay tussie-mussie with the help of two attendants. With pencil marginal notes mentioning style of the hats bonnets etc. 5 3/4" x 7". Very good. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
605930With two additional original small drawings laid down on the last leaf - both appear to be Mr. Punch. One is titled: "Finis"; the other "Adieu au revoir". All three are signed with initials. Very good light foxing. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown
605931"Corbould" of a lady making a selection of flowers of a nosegay tussie-mussie with the help of two attendants. With pencil marginal notes mentioning style of the hats bonnets etc. 5 3/4" x 7". Very good. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown
1856176846London: G. Routledge & Co. 1856. Fourth Corbould edition presented here in an attractive morocco binding. Edward Corbould 1815-1905 was a watercolourist and prolific book and magazine illustrator who produced illustrated editions of Chaucer Spenser and Walter Scott. First published in 1595 Epithalamion was written by Spenser as an ode for his bride on their wedding day. Octavo 162 x 102 mm. Engraved frontispiece and 7 full-page plates with tissue guards all wood engraving by Dalziel after Edward Corbould. Contemporary green morocco spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers with gilt rules and frame floral gilt roll to board edges and turn-ins edges gilt blue silk bookmarker. Early gift inscriptions to front free endpaper and first blank. Spine a little darkened gilt bright foxing to outer leaves. A near-fine copy. unknown
17931562Original artwork. c.1793. Original watercolour illustration depicting "Friday bathing the ankles of the Spaniard whom he had rescued from the Savages" from Volume II p. 48 of Cooke's 1793 edition of 'Robinson Crusoe'. The central watercolour oval mounted to another sheet of paper with monochrome wash decorative borders. Titled in ink to the foot of the decorative border "Robinson Crusoe". Signed in pencil to the foot "Corbould". 13cm x 8cm. Framed and glazed in a modern decorative giltwood frame measuring 30.5 x 24cm including the frame. There is a small nick to the blank upper margin otherwise condition is very good indeed the watercolour remaining clean and the colours fresh. An original illustration by the artist and illustrator Richard Corbould 1757-1831 for Cooke's 1793 edition of Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'. </p><p>Born into the well-known Corbould family of artists and illustrators Richard Corbould exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts 1777-1811 and the British Institution 1806-17. From the early 1780s he was employed mainly as a book illustrator one his most notable works being the illustrations he provided to the publisher Charles Cooke's series of 'pocket editions' of English classics issued between 1793 and 1802. [Original artwork]. unknown
183095864London: A. Fullarton And Co c.1830. Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands inner dentelles all edges gilt frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp. George Gordon Byron commonly known as Lord Byron was an English poet and politician and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric poem "She Walks in Beauty". Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British poets. He traveled extensively across Europe especially in Italy where he lived for seven years in Venice Ravenna and Pisa where he had a chance to frequent his friend the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in his brief life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. A. Fullarton, And Co hardcover
183095864London: A. Fullarton And Co c.1830. Finely bound example of the poems of Lord Byron each accompanied by a period engraving. Quarto bound in three quarters morocco over decorative boards gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised gilt bands inner dentelles all edges gilt frontispiece engraved portrait of Lord Byron. Illustrated with 36 full page engraved plates. In very good condition with the plates bright and crisp. George Gordon Byron commonly known as Lord Byron was an English poet and politician and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric poem "She Walks in Beauty". Byron is regarded as one of the greatest British poets. He traveled extensively across Europe especially in Italy where he lived for seven years in Venice Ravenna and Pisa where he had a chance to frequent his friend the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in his brief life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence fighting the Ottoman Empire for which Greeks revere him as a national hero. A. Fullarton, And Co hardcover books
18660001792TORONTO UPPER CANADA ONTARIO CANADA. Good. 1866. On offer is a super manuscript relic of early Toronto and Upper Canada literature and prize winning poetry being an original book of poetry handwritten by Charles Corbould of Toronto which he started in 1866 and carried on for many years. Seventy two years later in 1938 his daughter added some historical background by giving a brief history of her father's writings and a biographic note that he had 6 children and followed a career in law. The book begins with "The War in Italy" which is quite lengthy. There are about 79 pages of various poems and poetry most are complete some are shown in progress. All are well written. The binding is a little loose but all pages are intact. The clasp on the book does not work. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CHARLES CORBOULD UPPER CANADA TORONTO POEMS POETRY PRE CONFEDERATION CANADIANA COLONIAL CANADA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
1850257631England 1850. Pen and ink watercolor and wash drawings mounted; one signed by Corbould 3 signed by Uwins. Double-matted and handsomely bound on hinges in full brown morocco. A few drawings show minor foxing but overall beautifully preserved. Pen and ink watercolor and wash drawings mounted; one signed by Corbould 3 signed by Uwins. The English illustrator HENRY CORBOULD 1787-1844 studied at the Royal Academy with among others Fuseli and he quickly developed a taste for neo-classical historical painting. He soon concentrated "his efforts . on perfecting a delicate rather feminine neo-classical style which suited the purposes of refined Regency book illustration. During the remainder of his career he was 'extensively employed by publishers to make drawings for engravings and the number of his designs which adorn many books amount to several hundreds' J. Britton The autobiography of . 2.172. This is also reflected in those works he continued to send to the Royal Academy exhibition which were predominantly compositions of a sentimental and literary genre commissioned to illustrate the novels of Walter Scott or the poetry of Byron and Crabbe. As was the case with J. F. Dove's edition of Fanny Burney's Cecilia or Memoirs of an Heiress 1825 many of Corbould's illustrations were turned into steel-engravings by his cousin Charles Heath; in other instances they were reproduced in fashionable media such as lithography and stipple engraving ." ODNB.<br/>The 20 small Corbould drawings in this album one of which is signed are typical of his book work: his portrait of William Shenstone possibly for Samuel Johnson's LIVES OF THE POETS; the design for the engraved title-page of "THE GRACES OR LITERARY SOUVENIR .London Printed for Hurst and Robinson 1824"; an illustration for Hugh Kelly's MEMOIRS OF A MAGDALEN "Sir Robt Harold coldly endeavouring to console Miss Mildmay Vol. 1 p. 48"; and numerous illustrations for various adventures and romances as yet to be identified.<br/>Corbould's contemporary THOMAS UWINS 1782-1857 also was able to enter the Royal Academy Schools where he exhibited miniature portraits and contributed illustrations to Rudolf Ackermann's Westminster Abbey 1812 Oxford University 1814 Cambridge University 1815 and Public Schools 1816. Eventually Uwins evolved to larger forms and while living for several years in Rome Venice and Naples began to paint in larger forms in oil. His illustration work includes Shakespeare Virgil Horace King Arthur and the Round Table Robinson Crusoe etc. The 14 exquisite drawings displayed here amply display his skill and mastery of the small watercolor illustration. unknown books
1850257631England 1850. Pen and ink watercolor and wash drawings mounted; one signed by Corbould 3 signed by Uwins. Double-matted and handsomely bound on hinges in full brown morocco. A few drawings show minor foxing but overall beautifully preserved. Pen and ink watercolor and wash drawings mounted; one signed by Corbould 3 signed by Uwins. The English illustrator HENRY CORBOULD 1787-1844 studied at the Royal Academy with among others Fuseli and he quickly developed a taste for neo-classical historical painting. He soon concentrated "his efforts . on perfecting a delicate rather feminine neo-classical style which suited the purposes of refined Regency book illustration. During the remainder of his career he was 'extensively employed by publishers to make drawings for engravings and the number of his designs which adorn many books amount to several hundreds' J. Britton The autobiography of . 2.172. This is also reflected in those works he continued to send to the Royal Academy exhibition which were predominantly compositions of a sentimental and literary genre commissioned to illustrate the novels of Walter Scott or the poetry of Byron and Crabbe. As was the case with J. F. Dove's edition of Fanny Burney's Cecilia or Memoirs of an Heiress 1825 many of Corbould's illustrations were turned into steel-engravings by his cousin Charles Heath; in other instances they were reproduced in fashionable media such as lithography and stipple engraving ." ODNB.<br /> The 20 small Corbould drawings in this album one of which is signed are typical of his book work: his portrait of William Shenstone possibly for Samuel Johnson's LIVES OF THE POETS; the design for the engraved title-page of "THE GRACES OR LITERARY SOUVENIR .London Printed for Hurst and Robinson 1824"; an illustration for Hugh Kelly's MEMOIRS OF A MAGDALEN "Sir Robt Harold coldly endeavouring to console Miss Mildmay Vol. 1 p. 48"; and numerous illustrations for various adventures and romances as yet to be identified.<br /> Corbould's contemporary THOMAS UWINS 1782-1857 also was able to enter the Royal Academy Schools where he exhibited miniature portraits and contributed illustrations to Rudolf Ackermann's Westminster Abbey 1812 Oxford University 1814 Cambridge University 1815 and Public Schools 1816. Eventually Uwins evolved to larger forms and while living for several years in Rome Venice and Naples began to paint in larger forms in oil. His illustration work includes Shakespeare Virgil Horace King Arthur and the Round Table Robinson Crusoe etc. The 14 exquisite drawings displayed here amply display his skill and mastery of the small watercolor illustration. unknown