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1660 (made)
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Place of origin

Different engraved designs for gun-mountings on a single sheet featuring snake heads, mythical creatures, curlicues, decorative leaves and berries.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Designs for gun-mountings by C. Jacquinet after Thuraine and Le Hollandois. No. 6 in a series of 12. Paris, 1660.
Physical description
Different engraved designs for gun-mountings on a single sheet featuring snake heads, mythical creatures, curlicues, decorative leaves and berries.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 5.25in
  • Cut to width: 7in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Information sourced from'Guilmard, p.86; Berlin (1939 ed.) No.821'. Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.1927-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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