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Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants: From Drawings made on the Spot, A.D 1749

Print
1749 (drawn), ca. 1750s (engraved), 1791 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Album consisting of etched plates (46) of antiquities and views. Half bound in crimson morocco. Some plates dated 1751 or 1752. Most plates lettered with title in English and/or French, or in Latin. Most plates lettered with artists' names. Some plates lettered with description.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants: From Drawings made on the Spot, A.D 1749 (series title)
  • The Basso Relievo's on the Frieze of the Inner Portico of the Temple of Minerva (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etchings
Brief description
Etching depicting a view of bas-reliefs at the Temple of Minerva in Greece, after a drawing by Richard Dalton, in an album of comprised of 46 plates of antiquities and views in Sicily, Greece, Turkey and Egypt. British School, ca. 1750s.
Physical description
Album consisting of etched plates (46) of antiquities and views. Half bound in crimson morocco. Some plates dated 1751 or 1752. Most plates lettered with title in English and/or French, or in Latin. Most plates lettered with artists' names. Some plates lettered with description.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 55.4 cm
  • Width: 37.7 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
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.181:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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