The art treasures examiner : a pictorial, critical, and historical record of the Art-Treasures Exhibition, at Manchester, in 1857. / Illustrated by upwards of 150 engravings on wood, by W. J. Linton, H. Linton, F. J. Smythe, R. Langton, W. Morton, T. S. Jewsbury, M. Carbonneau, M. Facnion, &c., &c.

Art Treasures Exhibition (1857: Manchester)

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/4020

Author

Imprint

Manchester: Alexander Ireland & Co., [1857]

Physical Description

2 frontis. plates (col.), viii, 300 p.: illus., plan; 348 mm.

General Note

The Art Treasures Examiner was an illustrated weekly periodical published over the life of the Art Treasures of Great Britain exhibition held in Manchester in 1857, which, in October 1857, was published as one bound volume, to serve as a comprehensive record of the exhibition's displays. The work includes reproductions and critical appreciation of many of the works on show. The two frontispiece plates are chromolithographs of the exhibition pavilion and its interior.

Provenance

The front endpaper has two owners' inscriptions: firstly, 'William Lofthouse', a signature in ink in the upper centre of the front endpaper; and, secondly, 'Dorothy Bowman / 12 Clifton Avenue / Fallowfield / Manchester / M14 6UB', written in blue biro in the top right corner.

Binding Note

Bound in red cloth with spine title in gilt lettering, 'Art / Treasures / Examiner. / - / 1857.

Subject

Art ; Exhibitions

Contributors

William James Linton, wood-engraver
Henry Duff Linton, wood-engraver
Frederick James Smythe, wood-engraver
Robert Fulshaw Langton, wood-engraver
William Morton, wood-engraver
Thomas Smith Jewsbury, wood-engraver
Jean Baptiste Charles Carbonneau, wood-engraver
J. Facnion, wood-engraver
Alexander Ireland & Co. (Manchester), printer/publisher

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