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Print

ca.1769-ca.1797 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This design came to the museum in an album of designs entitled Original Designs by Matts Lock, Carver 1740 - 1765. It includes a number of designs which should probably be associated with a later Matthias Lock, recorded at Clerkenwell Green in 1788-1797, who is probably his son. These include neo-classical mirror designs, and designs for foliate ornament. In 1769, a Matthias Lock published A New Book of Foliage for the Instruction of Young Artists and A New Book of Pier Frame's, Oval's, Gerandole's, Tables, &c, all in the neo-classical style. This is presumably also the son. The album therefore must have been compiled after the elder Lock's death in 1765. It was bought from a descendant, probably his grandson, George Lock, and had been exhibited by him at the International Exhibition held at South Kensington in 1862.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
A study of acanthus foliage, in pencil, on the back of a page from a medicinal book, from an album by Matthias Lock.
Physical description
A study of an acanthus plant with tumbling leaves, drawn on the back of the contents page of a book on medicine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 185mm
  • Width: 133mm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
CONTENTS // INTRODUCTION // PART I. // Sect.1. On the Medicinal Preparations of Lead. / Sect.2. On the Penetrability of Saturnine Topics. / Sect.3. On the Primary Effects of Saturnine Topics. / Sect.4. On the Repellent Quality of Saturnine Topics. / Sect.5. On Emollient Topics. // PART II. // Sect.1. On Inflammations. / Sect.2. On Ulcers. / Sect.3. On Anchyloses. / Sect.4. On the Herpes and Itch. / Sect.5. On Herniae. / Sect.6. On the Action of Bougies. // CONCLUSION (Page from a book on the back of which this study is drawn)
Object history
This drawing is likely to be a studio sketch by Lock and not intended for public view.
Subject depicted
Summary
This design came to the museum in an album of designs entitled Original Designs by Matts Lock, Carver 1740 - 1765. It includes a number of designs which should probably be associated with a later Matthias Lock, recorded at Clerkenwell Green in 1788-1797, who is probably his son. These include neo-classical mirror designs, and designs for foliate ornament. In 1769, a Matthias Lock published A New Book of Foliage for the Instruction of Young Artists and A New Book of Pier Frame's, Oval's, Gerandole's, Tables, &c, all in the neo-classical style. This is presumably also the son. The album therefore must have been compiled after the elder Lock's death in 1765. It was bought from a descendant, probably his grandson, George Lock, and had been exhibited by him at the International Exhibition held at South Kensington in 1862.
Collection
Accession number
2848:158

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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