John Martin, 112 Mount Street, to Samuel Rogers

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 67 of 295 in this group

Reference code

AND/22/85

Title

John Martin, 112 Mount Street, to Samuel Rogers

Date

3 Nov 1834

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Excusing his liberty of dedicating his edition of Gray's Elegy to the recipient. Roger's own beautiful illustrated poems were his inspiration, together with improvements in wood engraving. It includes the first attempts of Callcott and Mulready in that medium, and the last by Thomas Stothard.