Verlag: Vanity Fair Supplement Sep. 19, 1906
Anbieter: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Kunst / Grafik / Poster
Drawn by Spy. Original colourtype. Page size approx. 38 x 26 cm. Image size approx. 30 x 19 cm. With original leaf of biographical text.
Verlag: Vanity Fair, London, Sept 26, 1906
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Dawn By Spy (illustrator). First. A fine original colour lithograph from Vanity Fair, a magazine which was published from 1869-1914, featuring a large caricature portrait each week. These were drawn by various artists, the most famous of whom was Leslie Ward who used the 'nom de crayon' of "Spy". This portrait will come mounted/matted and ready to frame using archivist quality materials, mount size 18 x 12 inches, 47 x 31 cms. It will be presented in a cellophane wrapper with our label guaranteeing authenticity. We pack very well, between sheets of hardboard. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of Edgar Jacob (1844-1920), an English churchman, who became bishop of Newcastle and bishop of St Albans, with the caption "Tolerance".
Verlag: No date circa, 1865
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
See Jacob's entry, and Colenso's, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. Addressed to 'The / Revd. R. Wilkins'. The letter (clearly a circular addressed to members of the English Church Union) begins without salutation: 'If you could raise even a few pounds in your branch it would be a great help towards undoing the mischief which the defection of the Chief Pastor of teh Church in Natal has caused, & would be a great encouragement to the colonists in any future attempt to provide for the two [large?] neglected districts still unrepresented by the Church. Please accept this as my excuse for troubling you - / And / Believe me / faithfully yours / Edgar Jacob.' In a postscript Jacob apologizes for being 'unable owing to press of work to write to you before leaving Oxford.' He then gives a list of seven subscribers, headed by 'The Bishop of Oxford' (a pound) and 'The Chancellor of the Exchequer' (five guineas). Beneath this list, at the foot of the second page, is a list in what is probably Wilkins' hand, of four individual contributions totaling £3 1s 6d, from the 'Exeter Branch E. C. U. &c &c'.