The Gate House, Highgate

The Gate House, Highgate

Item Information

Title:
The Gate House, Highgate
Description:
Information from accompanying cards: A fine example of the art of fore-edge painting, each volume bearing a double painting on the fore-edge. Vol. I: The Gate House, Highgate, showing a street and houses.
Date:
(c) 1818
Format:
Paintings
Genre:
Watercolors
Fore-edge painting
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Special Collections, Rare Books
Subjects:
Cities & towns
City & town life
Buildings
Places:
England > London > Highgate
Extent:
1 painting : watercolor on fore edge of book
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fq9783390
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from accompanying cards.
Found on: Roderick, the last of the Goths / by Robert Southey, vol. 1
Notes (acquisition):
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, May 1951.
Notes (date):
Date of painting unknown. Publication date of book: 1818.
Notes (object):
Fore-edge/fanned to the left
Identifier:
07_04_000138B
Call #:
RARE BKS PR5464 .R6 1818
Barcode:
39999063117087