Original drawing for "The Lover Despairing to Attain" for The Magazine of Art, about 1889
Scope and Content
This collection contains visual material created by Charles Ricketts, an English printer and artist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This collection includes costume designs, original artwork, prints, book designs, and sculpture, as well as 30 trial proofs of wood engravings created by Ricketts and Charles Haslewood Shannon for their publication of Daphnis and Chloe.
Dates
- Creation: about 1889
Creator
- From the Collection: Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931 (Person)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
Pen and ink drawing, 33 x 26 cm. A page from The magazine of art, showing the published version, is also included. Formerly housed in acidic mat, but removed and conserved at the UCLA Hammer Museum in 1998-1999. Original labels from verso of original mat are also included here.
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository