J Brain Engraver (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good; see description and scan. New York: Virtue & Yorston, circa 1870. Large steel engraving, overall size folio, image size 7 15/16" wide x 6 1/16" tall. Excised from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", one of 48 separate serialized subscription offerings issued under the title "The Works of Shakspere (sic) Edited by Charles Knight". Artist ("PinxT (Pinxit), meaning "the work of") was W.P. Frith, the engraver was J. Brain. Scene for the engraving is "The Duel", from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Very Good, with just moderate foxing and minor chips at bottom edge. See scan. LNG3. W.P. Frith (Artist); J. Brain (Engraver) (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Stipple engraving. 27 x 22 cm (sheet). Good, water staining throughout, tears along left and right sheet edges.

Condition: Good. Stipple engraving. 27 x 22 cm (sheet). Good, water staining throughout, tears along left sheet edge.

Condition: Good. Engraving. 27 x 21.5 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, toning along sheet edges, tears along right sheet edge, missing upper left sheet corner.

Condition: Good. Engraving. 27 x 21.5 cm (sheet). Very Good, light specks of foxing, tears along left sheet edge.

Condition: Good. Steel engraving. 270 x 215 mm. (sheet). Good, some water staining.Provenance: From the collection of the Late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.