Poetical Works

by Falconer, William

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The Poetical Works: With a Fore-Edge Painting of a British Flagged Frigate. [Fore-Edge Painting].

The Poetical Works: With a Fore-Edge Painting of a British Flagged Frigate. [Fore-Edge Painting].

by Falconer, William

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1836
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London: William Pickering, 1836. The earliest fore-edge paintings date possibly as far back as the 10th century; these earliest paintings were symbolic designs. Early English fore-edge paintings, believed to date to the 14th century, presented heraldic designs in gold and other colors. The first known example of a disappearing fore-edge painting (where the painting is not visible when the… Read more about this item
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