Antique Portrait Print-Robert Chambers-Author and publisher-Pound-Mayall-1860

Price: € 67,50

Subject: Antique Portrait Print, untitled. A portrait of Robert Chambers (1802-1871), a prominent Scottish publisher and author. Robert Chambers, along with his brother William Chambers, founded the publishing company W. & R. Chambers in 1844. The firm published a wide range of materials, including educational and reference works, fiction, and periodicals. Chambers is also known for his contributions to scientific knowledge, including his controversial book Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.

Condition: Good, given age. Ample margins and some vague waterstaining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Engraving on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 27.7 x 40 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 10.9 x 15.7 inch.

Part Number: 76601

Location: MAN-A22-33

Description: From the set "The Drawing-room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages". A portrait of Robert Chambers (1802-1871), a prominent Scottish publisher and author. Robert Chambers, along with his brother William Chambers, founded the publishing company W. & R. Chambers in 1844. The firm published a wide range of materials, including educational and reference works, fiction, and periodicals. Chambers is also known for his contributions to scientific knowledge, including his controversial book Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.

Artists and engravers:Made by Daniel John Pound after John Jabez Edwin Mayall. Daniel John Pound (+1894) specialised in engraving after photographs. John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901).