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General Description: Lettered Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. Printed for Jno. Bowles -at No.13 in Cornhill. Numbered 46.

Scenes of ploughing, reaping, dancing and mountebanks on a stage. Lettered Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. Printed for Jno. Bowles -at No.13 in Cornhill. Numbered 46.

Techniques: Etchings, coloured by hand

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Category	Ornament Prints
Object type	Design
Brief description	Set of plates (30) of decorative motifs for use as patterns for china decoration, amateur japanning, embroidery etc. originally thread-sewn with a paper guard, now disbound without covers, 1756-1757, republished by John Bowles c.1760.
Physical description	General Description: Lettered Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. Printed for Jno. Bowles -at No.13 in Cornhill. Numbered 46. Scenes of ploughing, reaping, dancing and mountebanks on a stage. Lettered Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. Printed for Jno. Bowles -at No.13 in Cornhill. Numbered 46. Techniques: Etchings, coloured by hand
Dimensions	Size of unbound sheets height: 17.8cm Size of unbound sheets width: 30cm Series Measurements: Size of unbound sheets 17.8 x 30 cm
Production	Anonymous: 1756-1757
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1293-1988

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Record created	November 24, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O174914/design-unknown/

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