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The Cotman Letters 1834

Archive: SDK Sydney Decimus Kitson Archive
Reference Number: SDK/1/3/1/3
Page: 78

  • Description

    Notes by Kitson on Samuel Rogers

    Notes on engravings in Rogers' Italy (1830) and Poems (1834)

    Date:

  • Transcription

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    S. Rogers’ ‘Italy’ was repub[lishe]d in 1830 with plates from drawings by Turner & Stothard.
    Rogers’ ‘Poems’, similarly illustrated, appeared in 1834.
    He spent £7,000 on these publications.
    D.N.B.
    These illustrations display the high water-mark of English line engravings.

Notes by Kitson on Samuel Rogers