ca. 1750 (Designed)
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Design for a printed textile or walllpaper; Block-impression on paper; The whole design is composed of two parts, the other being E.4533-1920.
Within an album (E.4486-4542-1920) containing drawings of flowers, foliage, details of ornament, proofs etc, used by the artist as working material for his wallpaper designs: Pen and ink, pencil and watercolour: 52 sheets, together with an engraved title-page by Jackson, an engraving by Bonneau, and 3 anonymous engravings of plant forms; several signed J:B:J., inscribed with notes and dated from 1740 to 1753; the title-page dated 1738.
Within an album (E.4486-4542-1920) containing drawings of flowers, foliage, details of ornament, proofs etc, used by the artist as working material for his wallpaper designs: Pen and ink, pencil and watercolour: 52 sheets, together with an engraved title-page by Jackson, an engraving by Bonneau, and 3 anonymous engravings of plant forms; several signed J:B:J., inscribed with notes and dated from 1740 to 1753; the title-page dated 1738.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Block-impression on paper |
| Brief description | Design for a printed textile or wallpaper; Naturalistic flowers on a pale ground; Block-impression on paper; Used by John Baptist Jackson as working material for wallpaper or textile designs; Within an album (E.4486-4542-1920) of 52 sheets, with an engraved title-page by Jackson, an engraving by Bonneau, and 3 anonymous engravings of plant forms; England; ca. 1750. |
| Physical description | Design for a printed textile or walllpaper; Block-impression on paper; The whole design is composed of two parts, the other being E.4533-1920. Within an album (E.4486-4542-1920) containing drawings of flowers, foliage, details of ornament, proofs etc, used by the artist as working material for his wallpaper designs: Pen and ink, pencil and watercolour: 52 sheets, together with an engraved title-page by Jackson, an engraving by Bonneau, and 3 anonymous engravings of plant forms; several signed J:B:J., inscribed with notes and dated from 1740 to 1753; the title-page dated 1738. |
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| Object history | This print was used by John Baptist Jackson, as working material for his textile or wallpaper designs. |
| Production | According to Kainen (Kainen, J. John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin. Washington, D.C. 1962.) the collection in the album (of which this object is a part) is the work of Jackson's studio, rather than his own work. The title-page was designed for Gajo Suetenio tranquillo, le vite de' dodici Cesari (1738), Piacentini, Venice. |
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| Associated object | E.4533-1920 (Part) |
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| Accession number | E.4538-1920 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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