London:: Privately Printed At The Chiswick Press, By Whittingham And Wilkins., MDCCCLXIX.
Physical Description
xi, [i], 280 p.; 257 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Preface - Table Of Contents And Summary Of Drawings - Memoranda - [Text] - Index of Masters; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printers' address is given in the colophon: 'Chiswick Press: - Printed By Whittingham And Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.'
References
H. Chapman and S. Coppel, Old master drawings from the Malcolm collection [exhibition catalogue] (1993).
Summary Note
The half-title reads: 'The Malcolm Collection. Descriptive Catalogue Of Drawings By The Old Masters.'
In 1860 John Malcolm had bought J.C. Robinson's collection of drawings, which was rich in works by Italian 16th-century draughtsmen such as Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael, some of which had belonged to Sir Thomas Lawrence. In 1866 he had added drawings by Claude and 17th-century Dutch masters. By 1869 his collection consisted of some 780 drawings.
Two years after Malcolm's death his drawings and prints were bought by the British Museum.
Reproductions
A copy of this book from Harvard Fine Arts Library has been digitised and made available online via the Hathi Trust.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, the upper cover lettered 'The malcolm Collection. Descriptive Catalogue of Drawings by the Old masters'; spine lettered 'The Malcolm Collection - Drawings by the Old Masters.'
Drawings - Europe - Italy - Netherlands - History - 16th century - 17th century - Renaissance
Collections - Great Britain - London - History - 19th century
Catalogues - Great Britain - 19th century