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CALVERT (EDWARD) [CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His Own Paintings and Sketches, FIRST EDITION, Sampson Low, 1893 image 1
CALVERT (EDWARD) [CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His Own Paintings and Sketches, FIRST EDITION, Sampson Low, 1893 image 2
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CALVERT (EDWARD)
[CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His Own Paintings and Sketches, FIRST EDITION, Sampson Low, 1893

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CALVERT (EDWARD)

[CALVERT (SAMUEL)] A Memoir of Edward Calvert Artist by His Third Son. Illustrated with Reproductions of His Own Paintings and Sketches, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 32 OF 350 COPIES, SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE AUTHOR, half-title, frontispiece portrait, 34 plates on 31 sheets after Calvert, 45 illustrations in the text, occasional light spotting and toning, one or two plates working loose, publisher's buckram gilt with ticket of "Leighton Son and Hodges" inside lower cover, t.e.g., folio (370 x 270mm.), Sampson Low, 1893

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Edward Calvert (1799-1883) was influenced by the visionary work of William Blake, becoming a member of The Ancients, the group which met at Samuel Palmer's house in Shoreham, Kent in the 1820s. This work, limited to 350 copies, was prompted by the "renewed interest that has grown around the memory and genius of William Blake" (Preface), and includes ten early Calvert illustrations printed from the original woodblocks.

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