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Division A.—School of Nuremberg.—Dilrer,
297
B. 33, 39, 46, ancl 47 as examples of different workmanship.1 The blocks have lost their
border-lines and are much worn and damaged, but not split. Impressions from four of
the blocks were inserted in Ottley’s “ History of Engraving,” vol. ii, p. 730 (1816). The
blocks were then in the possession of the elder P. E. B dssier, who had bought them
some years before at Naples." His book-plate is on the back of several blocks. After
they had been purchased for the Museum from his son, the Rev. Peter Edward Boissier,
iu June, 1839, an edition was printed in 1844 by permission of the Trustees, under the
supervision of (Sir) Henry Cole, from stereotypes of the original blocks. In the
stereotypes the borders were restored and the worm-holes stopped, while the two missing
blocks were replaced by copies engraved by Ckarles Thurston Thompson. This edition
was reprinted in 1870. A selection of the stereotypes was also used in cheap reprints
of the Little Passion, edited by Arckdeacon John Allen, under the titles of the
“ Humiliation and Exaltation of Our Redeemer ” (1856) and the “ Gospel for tlie
Unlearned ” (1858). The whole set of stereotypes and Thompson’s copies were used
again in Mr. Austin Dobson’s edition, witli the original text, published by Messrs. Bell
in 1894. The stereotypes are preserved in the Yictoria and Albert Museum, South
Kensington.
61b-96b.—Late Impressions.
Fairly good impressions, without margin, derived from two sources. B. 17, 27, 32,
34, 35, 38, 41, 46, and 47 were purchased in 1834, the remainder are in the inventory of
1837, but their provenance is not stated.
WOODCUT COPIES OF THE LITTLE PASSION.
Six of the Mommard copies (Brussels, 1569,? 1587, 1644, 1654?),3
viz.:—
H. 1169, copy of B. 18.
Purchased 1834.
H.
1274,
copy
of B.
27.
H.
1376,
' 55
B.
34.
H.
1392,
55
B.
35.
H.
1477,
55
B.
41.
H.
1557,
55
B.
47.
Le Rouge collection (MS. mark, F. 349).
Sloane collection.
In the inventory of 1837.
,, ,, „ (two impressions).
55 55 55
55 55 55
[97-99.]
THE THREE BROADSIDES WITH POEMS BY DtlRER. 1510.
97. CHRIST ON THE CROSS, BETWEEN THE VIRG4N AND ST. JOHN.
B. 55. IL 1632. R. 169.
First edition, with the headimg :
ct Das sind die syben tagezeyt.
Darin christus auff erden leyt.”
[Woodcut, 120 X 96; sheet as mounted, 462 x 146.] Very flne impression, clean,
well preserved, and complete, but cut close to the limits of the text. The scconcl half ot'
the poem, from “ Zu der Drytten stund ” to the end, stood originally alongside the first,
[ See Sir Henry Cole’o Preface to his edition of the Little Passion, 1844.
- Or, according to his son’s account, at Rome (ibid.) Ottley says clsewhere (vol. i,
p. 5) that the blooks were at one time in tlie possession of Mr. Douce. It is difficult to
see how this can have been.
3 There is some uncertainty about the different editions of these copies,
297
B. 33, 39, 46, ancl 47 as examples of different workmanship.1 The blocks have lost their
border-lines and are much worn and damaged, but not split. Impressions from four of
the blocks were inserted in Ottley’s “ History of Engraving,” vol. ii, p. 730 (1816). The
blocks were then in the possession of the elder P. E. B dssier, who had bought them
some years before at Naples." His book-plate is on the back of several blocks. After
they had been purchased for the Museum from his son, the Rev. Peter Edward Boissier,
iu June, 1839, an edition was printed in 1844 by permission of the Trustees, under the
supervision of (Sir) Henry Cole, from stereotypes of the original blocks. In the
stereotypes the borders were restored and the worm-holes stopped, while the two missing
blocks were replaced by copies engraved by Ckarles Thurston Thompson. This edition
was reprinted in 1870. A selection of the stereotypes was also used in cheap reprints
of the Little Passion, edited by Arckdeacon John Allen, under the titles of the
“ Humiliation and Exaltation of Our Redeemer ” (1856) and the “ Gospel for tlie
Unlearned ” (1858). The whole set of stereotypes and Thompson’s copies were used
again in Mr. Austin Dobson’s edition, witli the original text, published by Messrs. Bell
in 1894. The stereotypes are preserved in the Yictoria and Albert Museum, South
Kensington.
61b-96b.—Late Impressions.
Fairly good impressions, without margin, derived from two sources. B. 17, 27, 32,
34, 35, 38, 41, 46, and 47 were purchased in 1834, the remainder are in the inventory of
1837, but their provenance is not stated.
WOODCUT COPIES OF THE LITTLE PASSION.
Six of the Mommard copies (Brussels, 1569,? 1587, 1644, 1654?),3
viz.:—
H. 1169, copy of B. 18.
Purchased 1834.
H.
1274,
copy
of B.
27.
H.
1376,
' 55
B.
34.
H.
1392,
55
B.
35.
H.
1477,
55
B.
41.
H.
1557,
55
B.
47.
Le Rouge collection (MS. mark, F. 349).
Sloane collection.
In the inventory of 1837.
,, ,, „ (two impressions).
55 55 55
55 55 55
[97-99.]
THE THREE BROADSIDES WITH POEMS BY DtlRER. 1510.
97. CHRIST ON THE CROSS, BETWEEN THE VIRG4N AND ST. JOHN.
B. 55. IL 1632. R. 169.
First edition, with the headimg :
ct Das sind die syben tagezeyt.
Darin christus auff erden leyt.”
[Woodcut, 120 X 96; sheet as mounted, 462 x 146.] Very flne impression, clean,
well preserved, and complete, but cut close to the limits of the text. The scconcl half ot'
the poem, from “ Zu der Drytten stund ” to the end, stood originally alongside the first,
[ See Sir Henry Cole’o Preface to his edition of the Little Passion, 1844.
- Or, according to his son’s account, at Rome (ibid.) Ottley says clsewhere (vol. i,
p. 5) that the blooks were at one time in tlie possession of Mr. Douce. It is difficult to
see how this can have been.
3 There is some uncertainty about the different editions of these copies,