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Fragments of a Mausoleum

Print
ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An engraving depicting three figures beside Roubiliac's monument to Bishop Hough in Worcester Cathedral set into a landscape of classical ruins.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFragments of a Mausoleum (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching touched with pencil
Brief description
Print, 'Fragments of a Mausoleum', etching touched with pencil, printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, London, ca. 1790
Physical description
An engraving depicting three figures beside Roubiliac's monument to Bishop Hough in Worcester Cathedral set into a landscape of classical ruins.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 15.6cm
  • Plate width: 18.5cm
  • Sheet height: 20.6cm
  • Sheet width: 23.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with title and 'Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles / at No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London.' Numbered '6'.
Production
Landscapes and Seascapes
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic references
  • D. Bindman and M. Baker. Theatric Sepulchres: Roubiliac and the Eighteenth Century Monumental Tomb. London and New Haven, 1995. cat. no. 1
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Collection
Accession number
E.280-1994

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Record createdApril 3, 2009
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