Rothenstein, Will — Oxford Characters
London, John Lane, 1896. 200 copies of this edition for England and America. Hardbound. bound in publishers cloth. unpaginated. Covers measure 12.5" x 18.1" 24 lithographic reproductions. Regular edition copies measure 11.8" x 17.5" I believe. This book measures 13.7" x 20.5". It is bound in publishers cloth. Will Rothenstein in an explanatory note, states 'Sixteen of these Lithographed Portraits were done during the year 1893; the remaining eight were drawn in the month of February of this year, and are dated '96. I would wish to record my thanks due to those friends of mine who have so generously and willingly supplied the Biographical Sketches facing my Drawings. Sitters are: Sir Henry Ackand W.A.L. Fletcher Robinson Ellis Viscount St. Cyres W.R. Morfill C.B. Fry Friedrich Max Muller Earl Beauchamp James A.H. Murray Mr. J. Conway-Rees Walter Horatio Pater Mr. F.W. Bussell Professor Margoliouth Mr. Max Beerbohm Ingram Bywater Hilaire Billoc The Rev. Charles Henry Olive Daniel Mr. Hartwell De La Garde Grissell E. Ray Lankester, F.R.A. Mr. James Hearn John Scott Burdon Sanderson, D.M. Arthur Sidgwick Mr. Joseph Wells, M.A. Frederick York Powell, M.A. to whom the work is dedicated. Internally VG-, front hiunge is tender and threadbare as is the rear hinge. Old staining and soiling to covers, age-toning to extremities of sheets.
