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The Chase. A Poem.

Engraved by: Thomas Bewick (English, 1753–1828)
After: John Bewick (English, 1760–1795)
Author: William Somerville (English, 1675–1742)
Printer: William Bulmer (English, 1757–1830)
1796
Place of Publication: London, England

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 13 wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 28.7 x 23 x 4.2 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession Number54.1373
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1796

Catalogue Raisonné Hugo, Bewick Collector, 94
Description(London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1796) Large quarto; 75 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped speckled brown morocco (Morrell; in tan phase box).

Illustrations to poems and decorative vignettes
ProvenanceG. C. Smith, Jr. [bookplate]; Louis W. Black, Boston, by whom given to MFA, November 9, 1954.