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Edward Calvert: Ten Spiritual Designs

1913
Not on view
This book reproduces prints by Calvert originally made between 1827 and 1831, then subsequently reprinted in 1891 in The Century Guild Hobby Horse for July. The initials, headbands, and tailpieces reproduce woodcut designs Lucien Pissarro made for Abrégé de l'Art Poétique in 1903.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Edward Calvert: Ten Spiritual Designs
  • Author: Foreword by Thomas Bird Mosher (American, Biddeford, Maine 1852–1923 Portland, Maine)
  • Author: Herbert Percy Horne (British, London 1864–1916 Florence)
  • Designer: Edward Calvert (British, Appledore, Devon 1799–1833 Hackney (London))
  • Designer: Lucien Pissarro (British (naturalized), Paris 1863–1944 Hewood, Dorset)
  • Publisher: Published Portland by Thomas Bird Mosher (American, Biddeford, Maine 1852–1923 Portland, Maine)
  • Date: 1913
  • Medium: Illustrations: enlarged copies of engravings on copper, wood, and stone
  • Dimensions: 13 3/16 x 10 1/16 in. (33.5 x 25.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Jeffrey L. Berenson Gift, 2003
  • Object Number: 2003.533
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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