A Mandarin administering Justice
Drawing
1805 (drawn)
1805 (drawn)
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Title | A Mandarin administering Justice (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and grey wash on card |
Brief description | Drawing, `A Mandarin administering Justice', 1805, by William Marshall Craig. An illustration to Revd E. Blomfield, A General View of The World, Geographical, Historical and Philosophical; on a plan entirely new, 2 vols, Bungay, 1807. |
Physical description | Drawing |
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Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in bottom margin with title, dated 1805, and signed W.M.CRAIG |
Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
Object history | According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt. fr. Abbott & Holder. July 1968 £4 -10'[shillings]. [SD.274:1-6] |
Historical context | Illustration for Revd E. Blomfield, A General View of The World, Geographical, Historical and Philosophical; on a plan entirely new, 2 vols, Bungay, 1807, Vol. II, Bk.VI, facing page 337, engraved by T. Wallis. [Each engraving is lettered variously W.M. Craig delt./del/delin.] |
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Accession number | SD.274:1 |
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Record created | June 9, 2008 |
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