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The Shores And Islands Of The Mediterranean

Print
1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching of a view in the Mediterranean from a volume of plates (65) including title-page, with descriptive text. Quarter-bound in calf. Each lettered with title and artists' names. Most plates lettered variously 'Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris', with the date 1839 on some plates, and 1840 on 'Strada St. Ursula'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • The Shores And Islands Of The Mediterranean (series title)
  • Strada St.Ursola, Valetta. Malta (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Etching depicting a view in Valetta, Malta, from a volume of plates (65), entitled 'The Shores And Islands Of The Mediterranean', written by the Revd. George Newenham Wright. Published in London, 1840.
Physical description
Etching of a view in the Mediterranean from a volume of plates (65) including title-page, with descriptive text. Quarter-bound in calf. Each lettered with title and artists' names. Most plates lettered variously 'Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris', with the date 1839 on some plates, and 1840 on 'Strada St. Ursula'.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 28.3cm
  • Width: 21.4cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.658:44

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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