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001 $ 05/3599
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Shee
245 1 4 $a The Commemoration Of Reynolds, In Two Parts, With Notes, And Other Poems; By Martin Archer Shee, R.A.
260 # # $a London: $b Printed For J. Murray, Albemarle-Street, By W. Bulmer And Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's. $c 1814.
300 # # $a xvi, [ii], 149, [1] p., frontis. (port.), [1] pl.: $b [2] illus.; $c 157 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [Frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - [Text, with [1] pl. and [2] illus.] - Appendix - [Text of three poems]; [colophon].
508 # # $a The frontispiece is captioned 'M.A. Shee' and signed 'Se ipse pinxt.' The unnumbered plate is unsigned.

Both in-text illustrations are unsigned.

The work is dedicated by the author to the Prince Regent (afterwards George IV).
520 2 # $a The Commemoration Of Reynolds is followed by three other poems by Shee: The Shade Of Nelson, Lines Written On The Death Of The Late John Opie, Esq. R.A. and Ellen.

The frontispiece shows a portrait drawing of Shee; the unnumbered plate shows Reynolds's painting of Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse. The two in-text illustrations show a portrait of Reynolds and a portrait of the Prince Regent.
561 # # $a The front pastedown carries the armorial bookplate of William Hay. Purchased for the RA Library in 1924 (see RA Annual Report for 1924, p. 39).
562 # # $a The front loose endpaper carries a note in pencil, 'Authors signature & extra plates'. The last page of the dedication has another copy pasted over, carrying the signature of 'Martin Archer Shee Cavendish Square April 1814'.
563 # # $a 19th-century black morocco, upper and lower covers having gilt ruled border; brown morocco spine-label lettered 'Shee's Reynolds'.
600 1 4 $a Reynolds
600 1 4 $a Opie
653 # # $a Artists - Painters - Great Britain - History - 18th century
655 # 0 $a English poetry - Art criticism - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Murray $e publisher
700 1 # $a Bulmer $e printer
700 1 # $a Shee $e source artist
700 0 # $a George IV $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Hay $e previous owner