Doric entablature
Print
1769 (made), 1770 (published)
1769 (made), 1770 (published)
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This print by Matthias Darly is from the book The Ornamental Architect. It shows the Doric architectural order in simple detail. Darly’s aim was to disseminate the orders for artists working in different fields. Darly produced numerous prints like these, not only architectural but also showing vases and other smaller objects. Prints like these would have been used by artisans as an example from which to work.
The Museum’s Print collection includes a wide variety of prints by Darly, including museum nos. E.2228, 2245 and 2249-1908.
The Museum’s Print collection includes a wide variety of prints by Darly, including museum nos. E.2228, 2245 and 2249-1908.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Engraving of a Doric entablature from The Ornamental Architect (published 1771), by Matthias Darly, printed in England, 1770 |
| Physical description | Engraving of a Doric entablature from The Ornamental Architect. Image of a simple unfluted Roman Doric - the 'ovolo or quarter round' of the capital is now normally called the echinus. |
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| Object history | Darly was a 'Professor of Ornament' and an engraver. His aim in this print and others in this case was to disseminate the orders to artists of all kinds, strongly emphasising their ornamental aspect. His illustrations are based on James Gibbs's Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture. Darly shows a simple unfluted Roman Doric - the 'ovolo or quarter round' of the capital is now normally called the echinus. |
| Production | From the book The Ornamental Architect |
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| Summary | This print by Matthias Darly is from the book The Ornamental Architect. It shows the Doric architectural order in simple detail. Darly’s aim was to disseminate the orders for artists working in different fields. Darly produced numerous prints like these, not only architectural but also showing vases and other smaller objects. Prints like these would have been used by artisans as an example from which to work. The Museum’s Print collection includes a wide variety of prints by Darly, including museum nos. E.2228, 2245 and 2249-1908. |
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| Accession number | E.2217-1908 |
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| Record created | April 14, 2005 |
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