A series of etchings, representing the power and progress of genius.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Edward Harding, Pall Mall Court, ... by S. Gosnell, Little Queen Street, 1806.
Physical Description:
[14] leaves, [1], 24 leaves of plates : etchings ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Dedication, to Queen Charlotte, signed in manuscript: Eliza.
Contents:
1. Imagination delivers the infant Genius into the hands of Fancy -- 2. Imagination guides Genius -- 3. Fancy runs off with Genius -- 4. Imagination lets Genius fly -- 5. Fancy, jealous of the flight of Genius, catches him in a wreath of flowers -- 6. Genius sits on a rock, heavy and stupid, his lyre unstrung ... -- 7. Imagination takes the bandage from the eyes of Genius, while Fancy eagerly looks on -- 8. Genius begins to enlighten the Fine Arts ... -- 9. Music -- 10. Sculpture -- 11. Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting try to attain Genius, who flies over their heads flourishing his torch ... -- 12. Geography, History, and Poetry, crowned by Genius ... -- 13. Genius enchained by Ignorance and Folly -- 14. Genius breaks the emblem of Folly, and treads on Ignorance -- 15. Genius returns to Imagination, with Folly and Ignorance in chains -- 16. Out of the emblem of Folly, Genius forms the distaff ... -- 17. Genius teaches Fancy to spin, and Imagination attends to them -- 18. Imagination shears a ram. Fancy weaves. Genius brings her a flake of wool -- 19. Fancy amuses the infant Genius with four dried leaves tied to the end of a stick ... -- 20. Agriculture ... -- 21. The origin of Navigation -- 22. The forging of anchors ... -- 23. The making of cables ... -- 24. Pottery ...