Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book, 1837. With Poetical Illustrations by L.E.L
This volume contains a portraits of contemporary British notables including the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Melbourne, William Wilberforce and the heir to the throne, Princess Victoria at the age of fourteen (she became queen the year that this book was published). John Cochran's engraved image of the latter reproduces a painting by George Hayter in the Royal Collection titled "Portrait of Princess Victoria of Kent with her Spaniel Dash," exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1833.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book, 1837. With Poetical Illustrations by L.E.L
- Designer: Frontispiece after Solomon Alexander Hart (British, Plymouth 1806–1881 London)
- Engraver: Frontispiece engraved by Peter Lightfoot (British, 1805–1885 Blurton, Staffordshire)
- Designer: Title page after Alfred Gomersal Vickers (British, London 1810–1837 London)
- Engraver: Title page engraved by Edward Smith (British, active 1823–51)
- Sitter: Sir Robert Peel (British, Bury 1788–1850 London)
- Artist: Peel portrait after Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
- Engraver: Peel portrait engraved by John Cochran (British, active 1825–54)
- Sitter: Admiral Robert Blake (British, baptized Bridgwater, Somerset 1598–1657 Plymouth Sound)
- Artist: Blake portrait after Henry Perronet Briggs (British, London 1791–1844 London)
- Engraver: Blake portrait engraved by John Cochran (British, active 1821–65)
- Sitter: Princess Alexandrina Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
- Artist: Victoria portrait after Sir George Hayter (British, London 1792–1871 London)
- Engraver: Victoria portrait engraved by John Cochran (British, active 1825–54)
- Sitter: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (British, London 1779–1848 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire)
- Artist: Lamb portrait after Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
- Engraver: Lamb portrait engraved by Samuel Freeman (British, 1773/74–1857 London)
- Sitter: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769–1852)
- Artist: Wellington portrait after Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
- Engraver: Wellington portrait engraved by John Henry Robinson (British, Bolton, Lancashire 1796–1871 Petworth, Sussex)
- Sitter: William Wilberforce (British, Hull 1759–1833 London)
- Artist: Wilberforce portrait after George Richmond (British, Brompton 1809–1896 London)
- Engraver: Wilberforce portrait engraved by Joseph John Jenkins (British, London 1811–1885 London)
- Sitter: Sir William Stanley, K.G. (British, ca. 1435–1495)
- Engraver: Stanley portrait engraved by John Henry Robinson (British, Bolton, Lancashire 1796–1871 Petworth, Sussex)
- Sitter: Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (British, Barnwell, Northamptonshire, 1625–1672)
- Artist: Montagu portrait after Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes) (British, Soest 1618–1680 London)
- Engraver: Montagu portrait engraved by Henry Thomas Ryall (British, Frome, Somerset 1811–1867 Cookham, Berkshire)
- Artist: After David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–1690 Brussels)
- Engraver: Teniers engraved by Augustus Fox (British, active 1800–1849 after)
- Artist: After Benjamin Robert Haydon (British, Plymouth 1786–1846 London)
- Engraver: Haydon engraved by Samuel Sangster (British, 1804/1805–1872 London)
- Artist: After Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville)
- Engraver: Murillo engraved by Thomas Woolnoth (British, London 1785–1857?)
- Artist: After Daniel Maclise (Irish, Cork 1806–1870 London)
- Engraver: Maclise engraved by Peter Lightfoot (British, 1805–1885 Blurton, Staffordshire)
- Designer: Thomas Allom (British, London 1804–1872 Barnes)
- Designer: William Henry Bartlett (British, London 1809–1854 at sea)
- Designer: Charles Bentley (British, London 1805/1806–1854 London)
- Designer: Thomas Colman Dibdin (British, 1810–1893)
- Designer: James Duffield Harding (British, Deptford, Kent 1797–1863 Barnes, Surrey)
- Designer: Samuel Prout (British, Plymouth 1783–1852 London)
- Designer: Jacques Pierre François Salmon (French, 1781–1855)
- Draftsman: Lieutenant H. E. Allen (British, active 1833)
- Draftsman: Alexander Chisholm (British, Elgin, Moray, Scotland 1792 or 1793–1847 Rothesay, Bute, Scotland)
- Draftsman: William Harvey (British, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1796–1866 Richmond, Surrey)
- Draftsman: Henry Melville (British, active 1826–41)
- Draftsman: William Purser (British, 1789–ca. 1852)
- Draftsman: Sir Grenville Temple (British, 1768–1847)
- Draftsman: Captain Grindlay (British, late 18th–early 19th century)
- Engraver: Henry Adlard (British, 1799–1893)
- Engraver: James Baylis Allen (British, Birmingham 1803–1876 London)
- Engraver: J. Appleton (British, 19th century)
- Engraver: Joseph Clayton Bentley (British, Bradford, Yorkshire 1809–1851 Sydenham, Kent)
- Engraver: James Carter (British, London 1798–1855)
- Engraver: Ebenezer Challis (British, active 1836–80)
- Engraver: Timothy Stansfeld Engleheart (British, 1803–1879 London)
- Engraver: Edward Francis Finden (British, London 1791–1857 London)
- Engraver: Thomas Higham (British, baptised Bramfield, Suffolk 1795–1844 London)
- Engraver: Samuel Lacey (British, 1787–1859)
- Engraver: William Miller (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1796–1882 Sheffield)
- Engraver: A. Le Petit (French, active 1829–46)
- Engraver: James Redaway (British, 1797–1858)
- Engraver: John Sands (American, active 1826–28)
- Engraver: Roberts Sands (British, 1792–1855)
- Engraver: Samuel S. Smith (British, London? 1810–1879 London)
- Engraver: J. Starling (British, 19th century)
- Engraver: James Tingle (British, 1790–1858/60)
- Engraver: Robert William Wallis (British, London 1794–1878 Hove, Sussex)
- Publisher: Published and printed by Fisher, Son & Co. (British, active 1821–48)
- Publisher: Black & Armstrong, and Asher (German)
- Date: 1837
- Medium: Illustrations: engraving
- Dimensions: 11 3/16 x 9 in. (28.4 x 22.9 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of Walter H. Smith, 1935
- Object Number: 35.53.108
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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