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001 $ 07/2583
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Baker, William Spohn
245 1 0 $a William Sharp Engraver With A Descriptive Catalogue Of His Works By W.S. Baker
260 # # $a Philadelphia $b Gebbie & Barrie Publishers $c 1875
300 # # $a 121, [1] p., frontis. (port.); $c 186 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [Half-t., frontis., t.p., dedic.] - [Text] - [Divisional t.p., 'A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Works Of William Sharp Engraver.'] - [Text] - Table Of Subjects Alphabetically Arranged - Table Of The Dated Prints. Chronologically Arranged.
508 # # $a The frontispiece is unsigned. It appears to be a copy of the engraving listed in the catalogue as no. 59, i.e. a portrait of William Sharp engraved by Sharp after the painting by G.F. Joseph A.R.A.

The work is dedicated by W.S. Baker to John S. Phillips.
520 2 # $a The catalogue lists 231 items, arranged under the subject headings 'Scriptural Subjects' (1-12), 'Historical Subjects' (13-37), 'Large Portraits' (38-69), 'Smaller Portraits' (70-110), 'Various Subjects' (111-154), 'Small Book Plates' (155-214), ''Card Plates & Tickets' (215-231). They are also listed chronologically in a separate table.

The frontispiece shows a portrait captioned in the plate, '1817 William Sharp Engraver London'.
563 # # $a 19th-century red cloth; white paper spine-label lettered 'Wm. Sharp Engraver With Catalogue Of His Works. - W.S. Baker.', spine lettered 'R.A.'
600 1 4 $a Sharp, William
653 # # $a Engravers - Artists - Engraving - Engravings - Great Britain - History - 18th century - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Biography - Art history - Catalogues - United States of America - 19th century
700 1 # $a Phillips, John S. $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Joseph, George Francis $e source artist
700 1 # $a Sharp $e engraver
710 2 # $a Gebbie and Barrie $e publisher