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Art in literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Merlin Holland collection of Peter Forster's De Profundis color woodblock prints, approximately 1991-2011

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-037
Scope and Contents

Peter Forster's color prints and masks of the image "Awful Brevity" used in the 1991 Folio Society edition of Oscar Wilde's De Profundis. The prints serve as an illustrative example of the printmaking process.

Dates: 1991 - 2011

William Edwin Rudge lithographs, approximately 1930

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-175
Scope and Contents

Color lithographic portraits, one each of Herman Melville, Stephen Crane, and Edgar Allan Poe; the Poe portrait was executed and signed in pencil by Ferdinand Huszti Horvath. All were printed by William Edwin Rudge. Each print measures 55.5 x 47.7 cm.

It is uncertain as to whether these were printed by Grandfather William Edwin Rudge or by his son, also named William Edwin Rudge.

Dates: 1930

William Roderick James publications, 1920-1932

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-039
Scope and Contents This collection consists of articles and illustrations by William Roderick James excised from Sunset Magazine, Scribner's, The Saturday Evening Post, The Bookman and other periodicals dating from 1920 to 1932. Stories such as these by Will James generally appeared first in serial installments in magazines such as those listed above, and thus these articles often represent the first appearance of James' work. Seventy-nine items in all are included. The collection is organized into...
Dates: 1920 - 1932