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Design

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker

General Description: Lettered P Glazer Invt. Printed for John Bowles -at the Black Horse in Cornhill. H Roberts Sculp. Numbered 2

Chinese figures, and scenes including taking tea and tending flowers. Lettered P Glazer Invt. Printed for John Bowles -at the Black Horse in Cornhill. H Roberts Sculp. Numbered 2

Techniques: Etchings, coloured by hand


Object details

Category
Object type
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 P Glazer Invt. Printed for John Bowles -at the Black Horse in Cornhill. H Roberts Sculp. Numbered 2

Chinese figures, and scenes including taking tea and tending flowers. Lettered P Glazer Invt. Printed for John Bowles -at the Black Horse in Cornhill. H Roberts Sculp. Numbered 2

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
Accession number
E.1298-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
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