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Henry Moore's Moonlight is one of four original etchings he created for the 1861-62 publication entitled, Passages from Modern English Poets. Each etching was meant to embellish one or several contemporary poems. The two poems accompanying Moonlight were To the Moon & The Moon, both from the pen of William Wordsworth (1770-1850). The opening lines from the latter poem are quoted below; "The' aspiring mountains and the winding streams, In total, Passages from Modern English Poets contained forty-seven original etchings, all contributed by the members of the Junior Etching Club (1857-1864). The other etchings Moore made for this portfolio are entitled, Dead Fallow Buck, The Elm Tree and Hen and Chickens. This original etching bears the artist's name, "H. Moore" as well as the publisher's name and date, "London, Published December 1st, 1861 by Day & Sons, Lith. to the Queen" along the lower margin of the plate as published for Passages from Modern English Poets in 1862. Moonlight is a fine, original example of the landscape art created by the British artist, Henry Moore. |
Title: | Moonlight |
Artist: | Moore, Henry (York, 1831 - Margate, 1895) |
Date: | 1861 |
Medium: | Original Etching |
Publisher: | Day & Son in London |
Edition: | Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. |
Note: | Henry Moore: A famous nineteenth century marine and landscape painter, watercolourist and etcher, Henry Moore came from a large, Yorkshire family (he had fourteen brothers and sisters) of artists. Henry first received instructions from his father, William Moore (1790-1851), a portrait painter. His brothers, Edwin Moore (1813-1893), William Moore, Junior (1817-1909), John Collingham Moore (1829-1880) and Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893) all became painters. Albert Moore, in fact, was a major neo-classical painter in the late nineteenth century. |
Henry Moore completed his artistic education first at the York School of Design and then at the Royal Academy Schools, London. Moore began exhibiting his art at the Royal Academy in 1853 and was a regular exhibitor there until his death in 1895. During his career he also exhibited at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Water Colour Society, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. He was a member of the Royal Water Colour Society (1880) and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (1883). Henry Moore was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1885 and became a full member in 1893. Such was Moore's reputation, particularly for his sea paintings, that the government of France awarded him the Legion d'honneur at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. | |
In his 1905 monograph, Henry Moore, R. A., Frank Maclean writes; |
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Henry Moore was a full member of the Junior Etching Club (1857-1864), an institution that greatly contributed to the revival of Etching in England. Other members included the British artists, Sir John Everett Millais, Sir Francis Powell, John Tenniel, Charles Keene, M. J. Lawless and James McNeill Whistler. The Junior Etching Club often published their members’ etchings and many (including Whistler and Moore) contributed to their most important portfolio, Passages from Modern English Poets, printed and published during the years 1861 and 1862. Henry Moore contributed four original etchings to Passages from Modern English Poets, Dead Fallow Buck, The Elm Tree, Hen and Chickens and Moonlight. Impressions of Henry Moore's Moonlight will be found in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museums of Fine Arts and the New York Public Library. | |
The original etchings for Passages from Modern English Poets were meant to embellish one or several contemporary poems.The two poems accompanying Henry Moore's original etching entitled, Moonlight were To the Moon and The Moon, both from the pen of William Wordsworth (1770-1850). The opening lines from the latter poem are quoted below; "The' aspiring mountains and the winding streams, The opening lines from the first part of the poem, To the Moon are quoted below; "Queen of the Stars! so gentle, so benign, |
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Day & Son, London: Some of the most ambitious and accomplished printmaking projects of the Victorian era were launched by the publishers, Day & Son. The firm began in the mid 1820's under the title of 'Day & Hague' and assumed its more familiar name 'Day & Son, London' in 1845. Henry Moore's original etching, Moonlight was published by 'Day & Son, London' between 1861-62. Throughout their early years they printed and published works of art dealing with a wide range of subjects, such as, hunting scenes, genre depictions, landscape scenes and topographical views. | |
Reference: | * Frank Maclean, Henry Moore, R. A., London, Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., 1905, pp. 141 & 142. |
Size: | 4 7/8 X 6.7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials | |
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Condition: | Printed upon wove paper and with full margins and bearing the artist's name "H. Moore", as well as the publisher's name and date "London, Published December 1st, 1861 by Day & Sons, Lith. to the Queen" along the lower margin of the plate as published in Passages from Modern English Poets in 1862. It also bears the plate's number "27" to the upper right corner of the margin above the image. This impression is in excellent condition throughout without a trace of foxing or staining. Moonlight stands as a superb, original example of the landscape art of Henry Moore. |
Subject: | Henry Moore (1831-1895), Moonlight, poem by William Wordsworth, original etching, Passages from Modern English Poets, William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893), Legion d'honneur, Junior Etching Club (1857-1864), British artists and art. |
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Original Etching by the British artist, Henry Moore.
Moonlight (Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club) |
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The 'Junior Etching Club' (1857-1864) | ||||||||
The Junior Etching Club (1857-1864), was an institution that greatly contributed to the revival of Etching in England. Members included such prominent British artists as, Sir John Everett Millais, James McNeill Whistler, Sir Francis Powell, Henry Moore, Sir John Tenniel, Charles Samuel Keene, Joseph Clark, John Wright Oakes, Walter Severn, William Gale, Frederick Smallfield, Henry Clarence Whaite, Matthew James Lawless, Arthur James Lewis, Henry Stacy Marks, Charles Rossiter, Vincent Bury, Lord G. Fitzgerald, J. R. Clayton, John Sleigh, and Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. The Junior Etching Club often published their members’ etchings and all of the above named artists contributed to their portfolio, Passages from Modern English Poets, first published by Day & Son Limited, Lithographers & Publishers, London, 1862. In total, that publication contained forty-seven original etchings. The Junior Club also issued, another important publication in 1858, Passages from the Poems of Thomas Hood published by E. Gambart & Co, London. It was also illustrated by its members and contained thirty-four plates. | ||||||||
# | Artist Last Name | Image | Title & Artist | Artist Info | Medium | Date | Source | |
01.- | Barwell | Sea Beach - Norfolk Fisherman on the Look Out (The Fisherman) by Frederick Bacon Barwell | Frederick Bacon Barwell (London, c. 1831 - 1922) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
02.- | Clark | Hagar and Ishmael by Joseph Clark | Joseph Clark (Cerne Abbas (Dorset), 1834 - Ramsgate, 1926) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
03.- | Gale | The May Wreath by William Gale | William Gale (London, 1823 - 1909) | Original Etching | 1861 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
04.- | Keene | Scene of the Plague in London, 1665 by Charles Samuel Keene | Charles Samuel Keene (Hornsea, 1823 - London, 1891 | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
05.- | Lawless | Sisters of Mercy by Matthew James Lawless | Matthew James Lawless (Dublin, 1837 - Bayswater, 1864) | Original Etching | 1859 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
06.- | Lawless | The Little Shipwrights by Matthew James Lawless | Matthew James Lawless (Dublin, 1837 - Bayswater, 1864) | Original Etching & Aquatint | 1859 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
07.- | Lewis | The Cornfield by Arthur James Lewis | Arthur James Lewis 'Arthur Lewis' (London, 1824 - 1901) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
08.- | Millais | Summer Indolence by John Everett Millais | John Everett Millais (Southampton, 1829 - London, 1896) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
09.- | Moore | Moonlight by Henry Moore | Henry Moore (York, 1831 - Margate, 1895) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
10.- | Oakes | The Last Gleam of Day by John Wright Oakes | John Wright Oakes (Middlewich (Cheshire), 1820 - London, 1887) | Original Drypoint & Etching | 1859-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
11.- | Powell | The Rainbow by Sir Francis Powell | Sir Francis Powell (Pendleton, 1833 - Dunoon, Scotland, 1914) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
12.- | Rossiter | St. Valentine's Day by Charles Rossiter | Charles Rossiter (London, 1827 - 1897) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
13.- | Severn | Nearing Home by Walter Severn | Walter Severn (Frascati (near Rome), 1830 - London, 1904) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
14.- | Smallfield | Supping on Horrors by Frederick Smallfield | Frederick Smallfield (London, 1829 - 1915) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
15.- | Smallfield | The Shoe-Black by Frederick Smallfield | Frederick Smallfield (London, 1829 - 1915) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
16.- | Smallfield | Winter Revels by Frederick Smallfield | Frederick Smallfield (London, 1829 - 1915) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
17.- | Tenniel | War and Glory by Sir John Tenniel | Sir John Tenniel (London, 1820 - 1914) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
18.- | Whaite | Study of a Head by Henry Clarence Whaite | Henry Clarence Whaite (Manchester, 1828 - Conwy Valley, Wales, 1912) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
19.- | Whistler | The Punt by James McNeill Whistler | James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, MA, 1834 - London, 1903) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. | ||
20.- | Whistler | Sketching by James McNeill Whistler | James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, MA, 1834 - London, 1903) | Original Etching | 1861-62 | Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862. |
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Ackermann, London | ||||||||
01.- | Moon Rise in The Valley of Cairn Gorm by Michel Bouquet | Michel Bouquet (Lorient, 1807 - Paris, 1890) | Original Lithograph | 1849 | Ackermann, London | Sold | ||
Art Treasures of the United Kingdom | ||||||||
01.- | A Limoges Enamel Plaque, Early Sixteenth Century by Francis Bedford | Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894) | Original Lithograph | 1858 | Art Treasures of the United Kingdom | |||
02.- | Early Limoges Enamel, 12th or 13th Century by Francis Bedford | Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894) | Original Lithograph | 1858 | Art Treasures of the United Kingdom | |||
03.- | Faenza Ware Plate by Francis Bedford | Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894) | Original Lithograph | 1858 | Art Treasures of the United Kingdom | |||
04.- | Flemish Ewer, Jug and Stoneware, 16th Century by Francis Bedford | Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894) | Original Lithograph | 1858 | Art Treasures of the United Kingdom | Sold | ||
05.- | Portrait of Princess Elizabeth, in Enamel by Limousin by Francis Bedford | Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894) | Original Lithograph | 1858 | Art Treasures of the United Kingdom | Sold | ||
Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition | ||||||||
01.- | Altar and Reredos Designed By The Late A. W. Pugin, Carved In Stone By Myers Of London, And Fitted-Up By Hardman Of Birmingham lithography by Francis Bedford | Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894) | Original Lithograph | 1853 | Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition | Sold | ||
02.- | Fountain in Iron, Andre of Paris by Francis Bedford | Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894) | Original Lithograph | 1852 | Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition | |||
03.- | Ornamental Cover of a Colour Box designed by Sliegh for Ackermann & Company | J. Sliegh, (British, active, 19th century) | Original Lithograph | 1852 | Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition | |||
04.- | Portion of a Shield in Silver by Vechte, for Hunt and Roskell of London by John Alfred Vinter | Vinter, John Alfred (London, 1828 - 1905) | Original Lithograph | 1852 | Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition | |||
Vanity Fair | ||||||||
01.- | Vice - Admiral Caillard by Jean Baptiste Guth | Jean Baptiste Guth (Bayonne, London, died, 1921) | Original Lithograph | 1905 | Vanity Fair | |||
02.- | Various Vanity Fair Prints (Collection of 40 Original Lithographs) | Miscellaneous Vanity Fair Portraits (Collection of Forty) | Original Lithographs | 1875 to 1903 | Vanity Fair | |||
03.- | Madam Sarah Bernhardt by a Vanity Fair artist, Monogramme: 'K' | Monogramme: 'K' | Original Lithograph | 1912 | Vanity Fair | Sold | ||
04.- | The Lord Chief Justice of England (Lord Alverstone) by a Vanity Fair artist, Monogramme: 'W. H.' | Monogramme: 'W. H.' | Original Lithograph | 1913 | Vanity Fair | |||
05.- | Albert Seymour by Carlo Pellegrini Known as 'Ape' | Carlo Pellegrini 'Ape' (Capua, Italy, 1839 - London, 1889) | Original Lithograph | 1877 | Vanity Fair | |||
06.- | The Lord Chief Baron (The Right Honourable Sir Fitz Roy Edward Kelly) by a Vanity Fair artist | Vanity Fair artist | Original Lithograph | 1871 | Vanity Fair | |||
07.- | A Professor (Mr. James Edwin Thorold Rogers) by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy' | Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922) | Original Lithograph | 1884 | Vanity Fair | Sold | ||
08.- | H. A. C. (The Earl of Denbigh) by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy' | Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922) | Original Lithograph | 1894 | Vanity Fair | |||
09.- | The Admiral (Sir James Dairymple Horn Elphinstone, M. P.) by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy' | Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922) | Original Lithograph | 1878 | Vanity Fair | |||
10.- | Turf Devotee - The Right Honourable Lord Hothfield by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy' | Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922) | Original Lithograph | 1889 | Vanity Fair |
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