Memoirs And Recollections Of The Late Abraham Raimbach, Esq. Engraver, Corresponding Member Of The Institute Of France, And Honorary Member Of The Academies Of Arts Of St. Petersburgh, Geneva, And Amsterdam. Including A Memoir Of Sir David Wilkie, R.A. Edited By M.T.S. Raimbach, M.A. [Epigraph] -

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/2571

Author

Abraham Raimbach

Imprint

London:: Frederick Shoberl, Junior, Printer to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 51, Rupert Street, Haymarket,, 1843. [Not Published.]

Physical Description

viii, 203, [1] p., frontis. (port.); 217 mm. (Octavo.)

[Half-t., frontis., t.p.] - Prefatory Observations - Memoirs - [Divisional t.p., 'Memoir Of Sir David Wilkie'] - [Text] - Appendix; [colophon].

Responsibility Note

The frontispiece is signed, 'Bate's Patent Anaglyptograph Engraved by Freebairn from the Medallion by J.E. Gatteaux ...'.

The printer's name is repeated in the colophon.

Summary Note

The appendix consists of letters to Abraham Raimbach from David Wilkie and Thomas Uwins.

The frontispiece is captioned with the facsimile signature, 'Abr. Raimbach', and shows a portrait of Raimbach from a medallion by J.E. Gatteaux.

Binding Note

19th-century green cloth, upper and lower covers decorated in blind; spine lettered 'Memoirs Of Abraham Raimbach'.

Name as Subject

Abraham Raimbach
Sir David Wilkie RA

Subject

Engravers - Artists - Engraving - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Biography - Art history - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors

Michael Thomson Scott Raimbach, editor
Sir David Wilkie RA
Thomas Uwins RA
Frederic Shoberl junior, printer
Alfred Robert Freebairn, engraver
Jacques-Edouard Gatteaux, source artist