Pictorial Notices: Consisting Of A Memoir of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, With A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Etchings Executed By Him: And A Variety Of Interesting Particulars Relating To Other Artists Patronized By Charles I. Collected From Original Documents In Her Majesty's State Paper Office, The Office Of Public Records, And Other Sources. - By William Hookham Carpenter. -

William Hookham Carpenter

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/476

Author

William Hookham Carpenter

Variant Title

Works On The Fine Arts, Published By James Carpenter, Old Bond Street

Imprint

London:: James Carpenter, Old Bond Street. -, 1844.

Physical Description

viii, 197, [3] p., frontis. (port.), [1] fold. pl.; 270 mm. (Quarto.)

[Front., t.p., dedic., note] - Table Of Contents - [Text and one pl.]; [colophon] - [Publisher's advertisement].

Responsibility Note

The frontispiece portrait is captioned as after an etching by Van Dyck and is signed by William Carpenter. The other plate is unsigned.

The printer is named on the titlepage verso and in the colophon: 'Chiswick: Printed By C. Whittingham.'

The work is dedicated to Margaret Carpenter by her husband.

Summary Note

The frontispiece shows a portrait of Van Dyck after an etching by himself. The other plate is a facsimile of Van Dyck's handwriting.

The text is followed by a publisher's advertisement, 'Works On The Fine Arts, Published By James Carpenter, Old Bond Street' (n.d.).

Provenance

The dedication page is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Academy by WH Carpenter August 29 - 1844.'

Binding Note

20th-century red cloth; spine lettered 'Pictorial Notices Of Van Dyck - Carpenter', 'R.A.' and '1844'.

Name as Subject

Anthony Van Dyck
Charles I King of Great Britain

Subject

Painters - Engravers - Artists - Engravings - Europe - Great Britain - History - 17th century
Art history - Biography - Catalogues - Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors

James Carpenter, publisher
William Hookham Carpenter, engraver?, previous owner, donor
Charles Whittingham II, printer
Mrs. Margaret Sarah Carpenter, dedicatee