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William Sharp, Edgar Allan Poe, and others

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

1940

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William Sharp, Edgar Allan Poe, and others

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

1940

Physical Qualities Bound volume with text and 16 etching and aquatints, Book: 273 x 184 x 41 mm. (10 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.) Case: 279 x 187 x 48 mm. (11 x 7 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Ryda Hecht Levi Collection of Illustrated Books, Gift under the Will of Ryda H. Levi
Object Number 2009.181
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Trust established by Estate of Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore; Limited Editions Club, NY, by subscription

Inscribed: on colophon, lower center in blue ink: "786 / William Sharp"

Artist

William Sharp

1748–1823

English, 1749-1824
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Author

Edgar Allan Poe

1808–1848

American, 1809-1849
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Publisher for the members of the Limited Editions Club

Garamond Press

2000–2000

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"HE TORE HIMSELF IN TWO" FROM THE STORY "RUMPELSTILZCHEN"
David Hockney, Piet Clement, and others
Plate from the book "Six Fairy Tales"
1969
"GOLD" FROM THE STORY "RUMPELSTILTZCHEN"
David Hockney, Piet Clement, and others
Plate from the book "Six Fairy Tales"
1969
"OLD RINKRANK THREATENS THE PRINCESS" FROM THE STORY "OLD RINKRANK"
David Hockney, Piet Clement, and others
Plate from the book "Six Fairy Tales"
1969
"COLD WATER ABOUT TO HIT THE PRINCE" FROM THE STORY "THE BOY WHO LEFT HOME TO LEARN FEAR"
David Hockney, Piet Clement, and others
Plate from the book "Six Fairy Tales"
1969
"INSIDE THE CASTLE" FROM THE STORY "THE BOY WHO LEFT HOME TO LEARN FEAR"
David Hockney, Piet Clement, and others
Plate from the book "Six Fairy Tales"
1969
"THE TOWER HAD ONE WINDOW" FROM THE STORY "RAPUNZEL"
David Hockney, Piet Clement, and others
Plate from the book "Six Fairy Tales"
1969
SIX FAIRY TALES
David Hockney, Brothers Grimm, and others
Six Fairy Tales
1969
ILLUSTRATIONS FOR "TALES OF HUMOR, GALLANTRY AND ROMANCE"
George Cruikshank
Illustrations for "Tales of Humor, Gallantry and Romance"
1823
Barque de Pêcheurs Faisant Escale Dans Les Rochers De Collioure (Pyrenees Orientales)
Adolphe Appian
Barque de Pêcheurs Faisant Escale Dans Les Rochers De Collioure (Pyrenees Orientales)
1800–1899
THE REST OF THE VESTALS
Eugène André Champollion, Albert Joseph Moore, and others
Le Repos des Vestales
1878–1888
THE ABSENT-MINDED. THIS ARTIST, AFTER HAVING BEEN TO THE SALON, IS SEIZED BY A SUBLIME INSPIRATION AND APPROACHES HIS CANVAS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, TONES OF MUSIC, THE MOST PIQUANT EFFECT THE MOST DELICATE TOUCH PROMISING A MASTERPIECE. 2, 3, 4 HOURS GONE BY AND SOMETHING AS APPEALING AS A TITIAN, MICHELANGELO IS LEFT TO POSTERITY..... AFTERWARDS, ONCE HIS EXCITEMENT HAS SUBSIDED, HE REALIZES..... HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO USE THE BRUSH.
Honoré Daumier
Le Distrait. Cet artiste revient du salon, et saisi d’une inspiration sublime il s’approche de sa toile; tout à coup les tons les plus suaves; les effets les plus piquans, la touche la plus délicate promettent un chef-d’œuvre; eux, trois, quatre heures se passent, la postérité l’appelle, il est grand comme le Titien, comme Michel-Ange … puis son imagination se calme, le voilà maître de lui même oh douleur! ….. il n’a fait que remuer les doigts, il n’avait pas pris son pinceau.
1840