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044 # # $a uk
245 0 4 $a The Illustrations To The Reliques of Father Prout, Late P.P. Of Watergrasshill, In The County Of Cork, Ireland. Being A Series Of Vignettes, Drawn And Etched By Daniel Maclise, Esq., A.R.A. Proofs before Letters.
246 3 # $a Reliques of Father Prout
246 3 # $a Fraser's Magazine
260 # # $a London: $b James Fraser, 215 Regent Street. $c 1836.
300 # # $a [44] p., [18] pl.; $c 217 mm.
505 0 # $a [T.p.] - Contents - [Plates, with texts]; [colophon].
508 # # $a The plates are unsigned.

The printer is named on the title-plate verso and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By Levey, Robson, And Franklyn, 46 St. Martin's Lane.'
510 0 # $a N. Weston, Daniel Maclise (2001); P. Leary, 'Fraser's magazine and the literary life 1830-1847', in Victorian periodicals review, 24 (1994), p.105-26; E. Mannin, Two studies in integrity: Gerald Green and the Rev. Francis Mahony ('Father Prout') [1954].
520 2 # $a F.S. Mahony contributed his 'Reliques of Father Prout' to Fraser's Magazine serially from 1834 to 1836, before publishing them as a collection in 1836, with illustrations by Maclise. The articles retail fictitious accounts of incidents in 'Father Prout''s life and his opinions of contemporary writers such as Harriet Martineau and Bulwer Lytton, interspersed with poems and verse translations.

The eighteen plates, with the texts which they illustrate, are listed in the Contents as: [1] An Apology For Lent; [2] The First Planting Of The Potato In Ireland; [3] The Burial Of Father Prout; [4] Scott At Blarney; [5] The Watergrasshill Carousal; [6]A Tale Of A Churn; [7] The Rogueries Of Tom Moore; [8] The Author Of 'Round Towers Of Ireland'; [9] Vert-Vert, The Parrot; [10] The First Planting Of The Vine In Gaul; [11] The Chest Of MSS; [12] 'Moonlight Alone'; [13] Napoleon's Wine-Glass; [14] The Death Of Socrates; [15] The Garret Of Beranger; [16] The Classic Cup; [17] The Poet's Vision; [18] The First Introduction Of Silk From China.
563 # # $a 19th-century quarter black cloth, green cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Illustrations To The Reliques Of Father Prout.'
600 1 4 $a Maclise
600 1 4 $a Mahony $t Reliques of Father Prout
653 # # $a Writers - Social life and customs - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Essays - Humor - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Illustrated books - Etchings - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a maclise $e draughtsman $e etcher
700 1 # $a Fraser $e publisher
700 1 # $a Levey $e printer
710 2 # $a Levey, Robson and Franklyn (London) $e printer