Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1881-[ca. 1890] (Creation)
Extent
19 cm of textual records and graphic material (4 volumes)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Henry Sandham (1842-1910) was an illustrator and painter who lived successively in Montreal, Boston, and London, England. He was associated with the Montreal studio of William Notman, where he received his early training, later headed the art department, and was briefly a partner. Sandham produced illustrations for several leading magazines of his day, including the Century Magazine.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Collection consists of a four-volume set of proof engravings by Henry Sandham for his illustrations in Century Magazine and other publications. The engravings were assembled by the artist, who inscribed in ink on the title page of volume 1: “The only complete set of proofs of the engravings from Hy Sandham’s drawings for Century Magazine from 1881 to 1886. These proofs were printed from the blocks before they were electro-typed and cannot now be reproduced except by being engraved again. The cost of each print in this book was fifty cents. Hy. S.”
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Open. Access to Special Collections is by appointment only. Please contact the reference desk for more information.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Material in this collection is in the public domain. Permission of the Art Gallery of Ontario is required for publication.
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Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
None.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
The volumes were purchased by the Art Gallery of Ontario Library in 1974.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes element
General note
Plates in volume 1 are annotated by Sandham in ink; plates in other volumes contain sporadic annotations.
General note
Formerly known as the Henry Sandham proof engravings.