TENNANT. London Street Arabs.
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TENNANT, Dorothy. London Street Arabs. London, Cassell, 18908vo; 240x180 mm.; legatura originale in cartonato verde al dorso e piatti decorati in cartonato marrone chiaro. Tagli dorati. Antiporta con ritratto dell'autrice. Dedica alla prima pagina. Pp. [5 -12]. 28 pagine con illustrazioni. Buon esemplare.Bellissima opera con decine e decine di stampe evocative di bambini senza casa o di gente umile e povera a Londra.Dorothy Tennant, moglie del famoso esploratore Henry Morton Stanley, fu una pittrice inglese del neoclassicismo di epoca vittoriana. La Tennant era preoccupata per la difficile situazione degli "straccioni", come li chiamava lei, bambini che vivevano e lavoravano per strada. Il libro risultante fu pubblicato in un'edizione di 5000 copie e andò rapidamente esaurito.
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8vo; 240x180 mm.; original publisher's binding in green cardboard on back and brown carboard on covers. Gilt edges. Frontispiece with author's portrait. Dedication on first page. Pp. [5 -12]. 28 pages with illustrations. Good specimen.
Very nice work with dozens and dozen of evocative prints of homeless or poor children in Londonof Dorothy Tennant, the wife of the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was an English painter of the Victorian era neoclassicism. For some years she had felt concern at the plight of 'ragamuffins' as she called them, children who lived and worked in the streets. The resultant book was published in an edition of 5000, and it quickly sold out.
Very nice work with dozens and dozen of evocative prints of homeless or poor children in Londonof Dorothy Tennant, the wife of the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley, was an English painter of the Victorian era neoclassicism. For some years she had felt concern at the plight of 'ragamuffins' as she called them, children who lived and worked in the streets. The resultant book was published in an edition of 5000, and it quickly sold out.
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