1872 The Works Of Alfred Tennyson In Six Volumes. Full Catalogue

1872 The Works Of Alfred Tennyson In Six Volumes. Full Catalogue'The Works Of Alfred Tennyson', published by Strahan &. Co, London, 1872. Tennyson was a consummate poetic artist, consolidating and refining the traditions bequeathed to him by his predecessors in the Romantic movementespecially Wordsworth, Byron, and Keats. His poetry is remarkable for its metrical variety, rich descriptive imagery, and exquisite verbal melodies Each volume is fully bound in a rich brown leather with five raised bands to the spine.

The whole is of fantastic form and proportion with glass eyes and a hinged cover

The work nonetheless remains very attractive and displays extremely well

Brock is best known for his line work

'Homeward Bound'

where he sadly died in the 1920s

Length fully drawn: 69cm

Henry Lias I and his son Henry Lias II were partners from 1850

Width (at widest point): 11

The surface lifts at each end revealing storage beneath

Both illegibly signed

The magnifier lens ball joint is seized

which reveals a small platform inside for a candle