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'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers'. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. 223 p. ISBN 0859641392\nHoufe, Simon 'The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists'. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Baron Publishing, Antique Collectors' Club, revised 1981 437 p. ISBN 0902028731\nBall, Douglas 'Victorian Publishers' Bindings.' London: The Library Association, 1985. 90 p. and 155 p.", "vanda_exhibition_history": "", "slug": "quarles-emblems-book-illustration-rogers-william-harry", "sys_updated": "2013-02-16 00:00:00", "image_set": [], "places": [ { "pk": 7, "model": "collection.place", "extras": { "parent_id": 171 }, "fields": { "name": "London", "parent": 171, "country": "England", "museumobject_count": 54088, "longitude": "-0.12714000", "source": "production", "cis_id": "x28980", "museumobject_image_count": 20670, "latitude": "51.50632100", "type": "city / town", "slug": "london-england-x28980" } } ], "artist": "Rogers, William, Harry", "namecontext_set": [ { "pk": 17750, "model": "collection.namecontext", "extras": { "name_id": 14 }, "fields": { "name": 14, "part_name": "", "uncertainty": "", "museumobject": 17079, "role": "designers", "order": 1 } } ], "historical_significance": "", "year_end": 1860, "object_number": "O12345", "events": [], "credit": "Purchased with the Assistance of the Friends of the National Libraries", "history_note": "Historical significance: These book illustrations are part of the W.Harry Rogers Archive and to quote the information on the archive provided by 'RW' on 6 February 1998 on the registered file 1997/1476:-\n 'It is extraordinarily rare to have this kind of documentation at this level of production for the middle decades of the 19th century. The fact the (sic) the state of the designs ranges from rough sketches to finished drawings and proofs allows the pieces to document the design process very closely.'", "place": "London", "production_note": "The date '1860' on the proof for the book illustration E.867-1998 and '1859' on the border E.890-1998 suggests that the proofs were drawn on the wood-engraving block in 1859 and 1860 for the 1861 edition of 'Quarles' Emblems'.", "historical_context_note": "", "collection_code": "PDP" } } ]