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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
The Charles Whittinghams Printers
(18th and 19th Centuries , Manuscripts and Rare Books)
Published by the Grolier Club, a prominent bibliographic society of which Henry Walters was a member, this book details the history of the Charles Whittinghams, an uncle and newphew who founded the Chiswick Press, one of the most famous fine presses of nineteenth-century London. It is one of an edition of 385, printed on handmade paper and bound in 1898 by Charles Meunier. The binding features the Grolier Club's insignia, a cipher of interlocking G and C, and Henry Walters' personal HW monogram. The tool used to make the monogram design is held in the Walters Archives (A.13). A second copy of The Charles Whittinghams Printers, also bound by Meunier, is held the Walters rare book collection (92.1208).
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1898; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA, New York
(Place of Origin)
France, Paris (Place of Binding)
Measurements
Closed H: 9 13/16 × W: 7 5/16 × D: 1 11/16 in. (25 × 18.5 × 4.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1898
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
92.1209