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The Monuments Of Nineveh - First Series

Print
1849 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Printed plate from the first series of 'The Monuments Of Nineveh', a volume of etchings, engravings, stipples, lithographs, lithographs tinted with one or two tint stones, colour lithograph, wood engraving printed in brown. Prints kept in a paper folder with details of publication and an image on front. Most plates numbered, lettered with title and lettered with artist's names.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • The Monuments Of Nineveh - First Series (series title)
  • Warriors in armour fighting in chariots (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed plate
Brief description
Printed plate entitled 'Warriors in armour fighting in chariots', after a drawing by Sir Austen Henry Layard from Volume I (102 plates), of 'The Monuments Of Nineveh', engraved by various artists, printed by Hullmandel and Walton, and published by John Murray. Great Britain, 1849.
Physical description
Printed plate from the first series of 'The Monuments Of Nineveh', a volume of etchings, engravings, stipples, lithographs, lithographs tinted with one or two tint stones, colour lithograph, wood engraving printed in brown. Prints kept in a paper folder with details of publication and an image on front. Most plates numbered, lettered with title and lettered with artist's names.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 56.6 cm
  • Width: 38.9 cm
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
Subjects depicted
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Collection
Accession number
SP.350:28

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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