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Call Number:
MSS 17
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Title(s):
Philip Stanhope fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to his Son. Selected, edited and introduced by James Harding, wood-engravings by Richard Shirley Smith. London: The Folio Society, 1973.
Date:
1973
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Publications Designed or Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith
Part of Collection:
volume Moss no. 95
Provenance:
Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
The lithographic frontispiece reproduces William Hoare's painting of Stanhope c. 1743, now in the National Portrait Gallery. Set in 11-point monotype Baskerville with Old Face Open for display and printed in brown and black by W. and J. Mackay. Twelve wood-engraved head-and-shoulder portraits by Shirley Smith [Bain nos. 217-228], printed in pairs, in brown. Each is used twice, in a different combination, so there are twenty-four pairs in all. Bound by W. and J. Mackay in quarter black buckram with Cockerell marbled paper boards. Slip case. A record for this item is also available in the <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:show="new" xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10427324">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
Physical Description:
Pp. [frontis] [1-2] 3-201 [202-204] ; 227 x 140 mm
Finding Aid Title:
Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5884.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396044
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396044?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1