COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1203885
Reference Number:
R209114
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Upper cover
Parent Work Title:
The Lancashire witches;: A romance of Pendle Forest
Creator:
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817-1897
Creator Role:
Illustrator
Date Created:
1854
Publication Details:
London : George Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover
Description:
Nineteenth-century full blue cloth, as issued; gilt-stamped pictorial designs upper cover. The design incorporates two broomsticks intertwining; two figures, who appear to Anne Whittle and her daughter Anne Redferne growing from the base of two flower heads. Above their heads is a bat and below a cat.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Witchcraft--England--Lancashire--Fiction
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold stamping
Support:
Cloth
Places Covered:
England: Lancashire
Item Height:
226 mm
Item Width:
147 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hunt, Joseph P., former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-10-12
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Upper cover
