Grosvenor Notes was published annually from 1877-1890 and comprises of 14 volumes. Volume numbers were not introduced until 1880, which is recorded as No. III, indicating that the first edition, 1877, is not included in the numbering sequence. The final edition, the 14th, 1890, is therefore issued as Volume XIII. The 1889 and 1890 editions were titled: The Grosvenor Gallery Illustrated Catalogue of the Summer Exhibition
Series Title
Grosvenor Notes / Henry Blackburn (Ed).: No. IV. 1881
General Note
Grosvenor Notes for the years 1877 – 1882 bound together, with a uniform title page: Grosvenor Notes 1877-1882. Containing complete catalogues of the Summer Exhibitions at the Grosvenor Gallery. With 32 page `Chatto and Windus's List of Books' dated October 1882 bound at the back of the volume.
`No. IV. 1881. The purpose of “GROSVENOR NOTES” is to be descriptive, rather than critical; to form an annual record of the Summer Exhibitions which should be interesting and useful for reference.
The ILLUSTRATIONS are intended to convey an idea of the composition, rather than of the effect, of the pictures, and are not intended as works of art. The most interesting and useful are those reproduced in facsimile from sketches received from the artists; they are to be distinguished throughout the book by an asterisk ( * ) under the illustration.
The Editor is indebted to those artists who have assisted him with sketches, and to Sir Coutts Lindsay for the facilities afforded him for the rapid production of the book.’ [p.3].
The Grosvenor Gallery was an art gallery in London founded in 1877 by Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wife the artist, novelist and poet Caroline Blanche Elizabeth Fitzroy. It closed in 1890. Grosvenor Notes was published annually from 1877-1890.
References
Newall, C. (1995) The Grosvenor Gallery exhibitions: change and continuity in the Victorian art world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Casteras, S.P. and Denney, C. (eds.) (1996) The Grosvenor Gallery: a palace of art in Victorian England. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Center for British Art.
Binding Note
Green cloth titled in gilt on spine: `Grosvenor Notes 1877-82. Blackburn. Illustrated. Chatto & Windus’ [Bound with five others].