The original maquette for Manchester Portraits. Twelve Lithographed Drawings by W. Rothenstein. First Series
Rothenstein, William
Manchester. J. E. Cornish. 1900
The original maquette for Rothenstein's Manchester Portraits. Of the 12 portraits issued in the final publication, 8 of them are present here, as well as the text for 10 of them. Two other portraits (of unknown sitters) that were not used in the final printing are also inserted. With handwritten notes for the future contents of the prelims and corrections to the text.
Folio. (Sheet size 305 x 440 mm). Contains 10 lithographed portraits on rectos only, most with a leaf of text. Printed wrappers, with the lithographs loosely inserted.
#22931
