Compositions from Morning And Evening Prayer, By John Bell, Sculptor.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/3384
Imprint
London.: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans., 1844.
Physical Description
[37] pl. (incl. t.pl.); 273 mm.
Responsibility Note
No plate is signed.
The title-plate carries the imprint of 'J.R. Jobbins, 3, Warwick Ct.' All other plates carry the publishers' imprint of Longman & Co. and the date.
Summary Note
All plates carry publication-dates - of Novr. 1843 (4-8, 10, 28), Decr. 1843 (27, 29-32), Jany. 1844 (pl. 1-3, 11-13), Feby. 1844 (15-20), March 1844 (21-26), April 1844 (9, 14, 33-36).
The plates illustrate passages in the Anglican liturgical services of Morning and Evening Prayer - mostly passages taken from the Gospels, the Psalms and other ancient prayers and writings. Each is an outline engraving, in the manner of Piroli's engravings after Flaxman.
Binding Note
20th-century beige cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Compositions From Morning And Evening Prayer - John Bell' and 'R.A.'