The Kentish Coronal; consisting of original contributions, in prose and poetry, by persons connected with the county of Kent.

ADAMS, Henry Gardiner.

Edité par Simpkin & Marshall. 1841, 1841

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Engr. front. Following f.e.p. removed. Orig. green cloth, blocked & lettered in blind & gilt; sl. rubbed, but overall a v.g. copy of a scarce work. A charming compilation of poetry and prose, inspired by and largely pertaining to the county of Kent. The editor, a chemist by trade, was a major contributor, the named author of 35 of the 100 or so pieces listed in the contents. Other contributors include the horticulturalist Anne Pratt who wrote on the cultivation of hops, the labourer poet Thomas Miller, and the cabinet-maker John Overs, in whose career Charles Dickens famously took great interest. Dickens himself was approached to contribute to the present volume, but in a letter written early in 1840, advised Adams that 'the pressure of other engagements' prevented him from obliging, but that he would happily be set down as a subscriber. The allegorical frontispiece entitled 'Invicta' is an early work by the Chatham-born artist Richard Dadd, 1817-1886, who along with W.P. Frith, Augustus Egg, Alfred Elmore, and others, was a founding member in the late 1830s of 'The Clique', a group of like-minded artists who wanted to break with the restrictive traditions of the Royal Academy. Ironically, most members of The Clique went on to become Royal Academicians themselves, but not the ill-fated Dadd, who, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, murdered his father in 1843, having become convinced he was the devil in disguise. Dadd attempted to flee to France, but was arrested en route and incarcerated, first at Bethlem, that at Broadmoor, where he continued to paint.

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• Titre: The Kentish Coronal; consisting of original contributions, in prose and poetry, by persons connected with the county of Kent.
• Éditeur: Simpkin & Marshall. 1841
• Date de parution: 1841
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale