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Summary

Description

Antiquaries Puzzled.—London, 1756. Four antiquarians examine a stone with an oddly divided inscription, beneath trees. The figures, gestures, inscription line breaks, trees, hatching and caption match the scrapbook. The source caption dates the prototype London, 1756; that is not the date of this 1875 magazine reproduction. Its artist and engraver are not securely identified here.

A reproduction in Caricature in the Hogarthian Period, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. LI (51), no. CCCI (301), June 1875, printed p.50. The bound volume covers June to November 1875; the printed issue opening supplies June 1875 and no.301. No first-publication claim is made.

Compared directly with H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 4, page 54, item 2. The scrapbook image, text, handwriting and existing editorial notes remain a separate witness.

Source

Colour scan supplied by Brigham Young University–Idaho, David O. McKay Library, through Internet Archive, identifier harpersnew51various, ARK ark:/13960/t4dn67r1p.

• Digitized volume and catalogue record.
• Complete colour page, printed p. 50.
• Actual June 1875 issue opening, no.301.

Thank you to Brigham Young University–Idaho, David O. McKay Library, and Internet Archive for preserving this volume and freely providing its colour scan.

File and processing

PNG, 1826 × 2156 pixels, RGB. Retained complete source JPEG: 2922 × 4920 pixels, 1721345 bytes, SHA-256 ea9732e3b39fca6a45058bef39437986faf265101e1fd0388cd69ca82fa95fa9.

Crop from (230, 400)–(2080, 2580). One bicubic alignment correction of 0.072139 degrees clockwise, measured from the printed illustration caption. Final trim (12, 12)–(1838, 2168); right and bottom bounds are exclusive. No added canvas is included. The complete relevant illustration, its printed frame and any caption within this crop are retained. Original paper colour, marks, show-through and engraved details are preserved. No enlargement, colour or tonal correction, sharpening, retouching or reconstruction was applied. PNG compression is lossless; the original source itself is JPEG. The complete source remains linked above.

Rights

Public-domain historical illustration published in the United States in 1875, reproduced by a faithful library scan. No Creative Commons licence or Public Domain Mark is attributed to this repository object.