#john ring

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project:

Work (book)

subject / photo by:

1) Brad Allison / Blake Little

2) Gerry Frenette & Bryson Fitch / Blake Little

3) [tony] & Chris Baena & [?] & David Clark & Manny Fregoso & Tommi Thor Gudmundsson & John Piampiano & [?] / Blake Little

4) Chris Ramsay & John Ring / Blake Little

5) Timothy Richardson / Blake Little

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I'm so funny

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It's John Ring

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Fore Edge Friday

This week we present two volumes of English doctor John Ring’s Translation of the Works of Virgil, published in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown in 1820. As with last week’s post, each volume bears a fore-edge painting, both of London scenes. When fanned, the fore edge of volume one reveals a painting of Fleet Street and Temple Bar, while volume two bears a painting of the General Post Office.

Once again, there is no indication of who the binder or painter were, but the paintings (and most likely the binding) must have been completed after 1829 when the Post Office was finally completed, and certainly before 1878 when the Temple Bar gate was removed form its historic location at the head of Fleet Street as depicted in this painting. Fleet Street, of course, besides being one of London’s historic commercial streets, has been the city’s publisher’s row since the late 15th century.

As we stated last week, fore-edge paintings, usually commissioned by the owner, rarely reflect the book’s contents, although we were able to find a connection in last week’s specimens. In this week’s examples, however, there seems to be no reasonable connection that we can discern.

View our other Fore Edge Friday posts.

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I have been writing articles for our local newspaper. While most of them appear in the Bluffton Today, shortly they may be appearing in the Island Packet. My favorite article is "Forgive Me, I was wrong." I hope to continue writing. It's not earth shattering...but theology has to be practical or it is just religion.