The Art Portfolio
W. B. Johnson and Co. [publisher]
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1870 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Place of origin
Bishopsgate Street
Collection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 342562.1
Summary
Part 1 of THE ART PORTFOLIO 'produced entirely in England and published by W.B. Johnson and Co at the 'Art Portfolio' office, 20 Bishopsgate St. without London ec. London:- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co Ltd. Published monthly. Price one shilling net (each folder) containing 4 (loose) Photogravure Reproductions of NATIONAL art treasures selected from the Most Popular Materpieces. One of 8 folders or part folders numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,11 of brown card in very poor condition and fragile. Each folder has one or two photogravures missing. No date recorded - probably late 19th century. Marked bottom R inside of each cover and on each photogravures. 'A Dame School' - Thomas Webster; 'Uncle Toby and Widow Wadman' - Chas. R. Leslie; 'The Harbour of Refuge' - Frederick Walker; 'The Maid and the Magpie' - Sir E. Landseer
Makers and roles
W. B. Johnson and Co. [publisher], engraver and publisher