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001 $ 07/3104
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20190802102917.3
035 # # $z 8455
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Lonsdale, Henry
245 1 4 $a The Life And Works Of Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson, Sculptor. By Henry Lonsdale, M.D. With Illustrations.
260 # # $a London: $b George Routledge And Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate. $c 1866.
300 # # $a xi, [1], 244 p., [12] pl. (incl. frontis.): $b illus.; $c 219 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [Frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - Contents - Photographic Illustrations - [Text, and plates]; [colophon].
508 # # $a In his Preface Lonsdale states, 'Of the photographic negatives, seven were taken by Mr. Scott, of Carlisle; the Eldon and Stowell by Messrs. Hill and Saunders, of Oxford; the Outcasts by Mr. Carrick, of Regent Circus; and the Sarpedon, Flaxman, and City Frieze, by Mr. Ayling, Oxford Street, London, who printed and mounted the whole series.'

He also states that the in-text woodcuts were 'selected from Watson's sketches' (the last is signed, 'M.L. Watson') and 'rendered by W.J. Linton.'

The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London: R(ichard). Clay, Son, And Taylor, Printers.'

The work is dedicated by Henry Lonsdale to George Gill Mounsey.
510 0 # $a The context is described in B. Read, Victorian sculpture (1982).
520 2 # $a The twelve unnumbered plates are mounted photographs. They are uncaptioned, but show a portrait of Watson and eleven of his works and are listed under 'Photographic Illustrations' as: [1] Medallion portrait of Watson; [2] Jolly Friars; [3] Chaucer; [4] Outcasts; [5] Sarpedon; [6] City Frieze; [7] Eldon and Stowell Monument; [8] Cameron Monument; [9] The Sweep; [10] Flaxman Statue; [11] Man's First Sacrifice; [12] Lucifer and Cain. Watson's most celebrated work - the posthumously-completed bronze relief of The Battle of St Vincent, at the foot of the Nelson Column, Trafalgar Square - is not shown.

The in-text illustrations (chapter tailpieces) are stated in the Preface to be woodcuts showing a selection of Watson's sketches.
563 # # $a 19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, upper cover having gilt-stamped borders, lower cover borders stamped in blind; spine lettered 'Life & Works Of M.L. Watson Sculptor By Dr. Lonsdale.' The rear pastedown carries a printed label reading 'Bound By Leighton Son And Hodge'.
600 1 4 $a Watson, Musgrave Lewthwaite
653 # # $a Sculptors - Artists - Sculpture - Statues - Monuments - Public sculpture - Great Britain - History - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Biography - Art history - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Photographs - Photomechanical prints - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Routledge $e publisher
700 1 # $a Watson $e source artist
700 1 # $a Mounsey $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Scott $e photographer
700 1 # $a Carrick $e photographer
700 1 # $a Ayling $e photographer
700 1 # $a Linton $e wood-engraver
710 2 # $a George Routledge and Sons $e publisher
710 2 # $a Hills and Saunders $e photographer
710 2 # $a Richard Clay (London) $e printer
710 2 # $a Leighton, Son and Hodge $e binder