Thomas Bewick wood engravings printed by Robert Middleton
Overview
This collection consists of a portfolio of 11 prints made by typographer Robert Hunter (Bob) Middleton (1898-1985) in 1970 at his Cherryburn Press, using wood-engraved blocks by English wood-engraver and natural historian Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) from a collection in the Newberry Library in Chicago.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 1971
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume (1 volume + 1 folder) : 11 white line wood engravings, printed in black ink on Japanese rice paper, each in a mat, enclosed in a brown cover with "Thomas Bewick" embossed on front. ; Volume measures 31 cm tall.
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection includes print numbers 7, 14, 15, 23, 34, 67, 71, 88, 94, 95, and 98 from the limited edition of 100 prints published by the Newberry Library for the Cherryburn Press in 1970, A Portfolio of Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings: One Hundred Prints Made from teh Original Blocks Engraved by Thomas Bewick, 3 volumes by Thomas Bewick, R. Hunter Middleton, and James M. Wells. Images include 5 birds, a deer, a tiger, a dog, an otter, a print of people with a dog, and another print of a person who has apparently fallen into a river.
Physical Location
MS E285
Physical Location
MS P762
Custodial History
As the gift card and newspaper clipping located at MS P762 indicate, Harry R. (Hank) Tyler was present in 1971 when Bob Middleton gave a set of the limited edition of 100 prints to the Bowdoin College Library, Maine in memory of Dorthy Meltzer Rutan, who had been a college friend of Middleton’s daughter. The presentation took place at a meeting of the Merrymeeting Audubon Society, of which Tyler was president at the time. Middleton at the same time gave this portfolio of 11 prints to the naturalist Tyler, who is married to D.D. Tyler, whose collection of natural history artwork is also at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Hank Tyler, 2019.
Subject
- Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828 (Person)
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Robert Middleton Collection
- Subtitle
- Thomas Bewick wood engravings printed by Robert Middleton
- Author
- Finding aid prepred by ksc, 2020. Finding aid encoded by mwh, 2022.
- Date
- 2022-07-26
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- https://hdl.handle.net/10407/0097327269
- Preferred citation
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Thomas Bewick wood engravings printed by Robert Middleton, MS E285, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository