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Shirley Smith, Richard

The wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith

1994

  • Creator

    Shirley Smith, Richard

  • Title(s)

    The wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith / selected with an introduction by Iain Bain.

  • Published/Created

    Cambridge : Silent Books, 1994.

  • Physical Description

    72 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    MSS 17 Moss no. 21
    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Reference Library
    NJ18 Sm675 B25 1994 (LC)
    Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    MSS 17 Moss no. 22
    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    "Included here is a catalogue of the engravings 1960 to 1989, a listing of exhibitions, illustrated books, and illustrated periodical & newspaper articles. Bain also assigned the numbers to Shirley Smith's wood engravings that are used throughout this checklist. However, several early engravings are omitted from Bain's list."--Moss.
    "The artist himself designed the book ..."--Back cover.
    "Typeset by Libanus Press, Marlborough; printed at The Alden Press, Osney Mead, Oxford. Limited to one hundred copies ... Photograph and one hundred twenty wood engravings reproduced "--Cf. Moss.
    Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 21
    Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 22
    Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 6, 8
    BAC: British Art Center copy MSS 17, no. 21 is no. 27 of 100 of the limited edition, signed and numbered by Shirley Smith, and bound in publisher's quarter maroon cloth and illustrated boards; in a maroon slip case. Includes two signed and numbered prints in a pocket at the back: 'Temple of Antoninus & Faustina, Rome' [1961, Bain no. 8] and 'Angel Visits Anna and Joachim, Rome' [1961, Bain no. 6].
    BAC: British Art Center copy MSS 17, no. 22 is in the trade paperback binding.
    BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.
  • Subject Terms

    Alden Press -- Printer. |
    Cambridge -- Imprints -- Specimens -- 1994. |
    Shirley Smith, Richard. |
    Silent Books -- Publisher. |
    Wood-engravers -- England. |
    Wood-engraving -- England.

  • Form/Genre

    Wood engravings -- 1994.

  • Contributors

    Bain, Iain | Moss, Roger W., 1940– | Shirley Smith, Richard

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