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Mourning Mezzotint
by John Haddon and Co
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Holt, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: c1870, 1870. A mezzotint showing a mourning scene in a churchyard. A mother and child are weeping at the foot of an octagonal tomb on which is a ruined Doric column with ivy twisted around it. In the background is the church and on either side are looming leaning trees which frame the scene and appear to weep with the mourners. On the tomb have been stuck two unbearably moving mourning cards. The first is for Isabella Rowlandson who died aged 26 on 31st July 1875. The other is for Mary Ann, the infant daughter of Thomas and the late Isabella Rawlinson (sic) who died on 1st September 1875 aged 1 year and 5 months. Poor Thomas lost his young wife and infant child within one month of each other. It is unclear whether this print was made for Thomas or whether he simply pasted the cards on an existing print (we suspect the latter). It is in a very good original frame which matches the dark tone of the mezzotint. A wonderful, if impossibly sad, period piece. Print measures 561x445 inside the frame which is 663x542mm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Voewood Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3382
- Title
- Mourning Mezzotint
- Author
- John Haddon and Co
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: c1870
- Date Published
- 1870
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Voewood Rare Books
Biblio member since 2018
Holt, Norfolk
About Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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