Memoirs Of The Life Of William Collins, Esq., R.A. With Selections From His Correspondence. By His Son, W. Wilkie Collins. Volume I. (II.)
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/3699
Author
Variant Title
New Works In Miscellaneous And General Literature, Published By Messrs. Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans
Imprint
London:: Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans., MDCCCXLVIII.
Physical Description
2 vols.; 196 mm. (Duodecimo.)
General Note
Vol. I: xii, 348, 32 p., frontis.(port.), add. engr. t.pl. - Vol. II: vi, 354 p., add. engr. t.pl.
Contents
Vol. I: [Frontis., add. t.pl., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - Contents - [Text]; [colophon] - [Publishers' advertisement]. - Vol. II: [Add. engr. t.pl., t.p.] - Contents - [Text] - Appendix; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece portrait of William Collins in Volume I is signed as [drawn] by J. Linnell and [engraved] by H. Robinson. It carries the publishers' imprint of Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, and the date (1848).
The title-page vignettes of both volumes are signed as [painted] by W. Collins R.A. and [engraved] by J. Hinchcliff.
The printers' names are given on the versos of the title pages and in the colophons: 'Tyler & Reed, Printers, Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street.'
The work is dedicated to Sir Robert Peel.
The back pastedown of Volume I carries the binder's ticket, which reads, 'Bound By Westleys & Co. London'.
The title-page vignettes of both volumes are signed as [painted] by W. Collins R.A. and [engraved] by J. Hinchcliff.
The printers' names are given on the versos of the title pages and in the colophons: 'Tyler & Reed, Printers, Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street.'
The work is dedicated to Sir Robert Peel.
The back pastedown of Volume I carries the binder's ticket, which reads, 'Bound By Westleys & Co. London'.
Summary Note
Wilkie Collins's biography of his father is followed by an Appendix listing 'Pictures Painted By William Collins, Esq., R.A.' and 'Engravings From The Work Of William Collins, R.A.'
Two works by Collins are shown in the title-page vignettes - 'The Shrimper's return' (Vol. I.) and 'Visiting the Puppy' (Vol. II.).
At the end of Volume I a 32-page publishers' advertisement has been bound in, entitled, 'New Works In Miscellaneous And General Literature, Published By Messrs. Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.' ('Printed by M. Mason, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.').
Two works by Collins are shown in the title-page vignettes - 'The Shrimper's return' (Vol. I.) and 'Visiting the Puppy' (Vol. II.).
At the end of Volume I a 32-page publishers' advertisement has been bound in, entitled, 'New Works In Miscellaneous And General Literature, Published By Messrs. Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.' ('Printed by M. Mason, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row.').
Provenance
The front free-endpaper in both volumes is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Academy By the Author'. Presented by Wilkie Collins in 1849 (acknowledged RA Council Minutes, X, 240).
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth, upper and lower covers having blind-stamped decorative borders; rebacked in 1989 (by A. Wesseley). Vol. I retains earlier spine-piece lettered 'Memoir Of W. Collins R.A. Vol. I.'; Vol. II has spine lettered 'Memoir Of W. Collins Vol. II.'
Name as Subject
Subject
Painters - Artists - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Biography - Memoirs - Art history - Catalogues - Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain - 19th century
Biography - Memoirs - Art history - Catalogues - Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
John Linnell, draughtsman
Henry Robinson, engraver
William Collins RA, source artist
J.J. Hinchcliff, engraver
Wilkie Collins, previous owner, donor
Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet, dedicatee
Anthony Wessely, binder
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, publisher
Tyler and Reed (London), printer
Westleys and Company (London), binder
Henry Robinson, engraver
William Collins RA, source artist
J.J. Hinchcliff, engraver
Wilkie Collins, previous owner, donor
Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet, dedicatee
Anthony Wessely, binder
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, publisher
Tyler and Reed (London), printer
Westleys and Company (London), binder