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Engraving

1548-1555 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Geminus (Printmaker)
Place of origin
London (Published)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving, ink on paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Thomas Geminus. Plate of Moresque ornament. London, 1548-1555.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 3.9cm
  • Cut to width: 7.7cm
Object history
Probably designed by Thomas Geminus (possibly born in Lys-le Lannoy, France, died in 1562)

This plate and V&A inventory number 19010 are not present in the only known copy of the suite of 29 plates by Geminus entitled 'Morysse and Damashin renewed and increased, very profitable for Goldsmythes and Embroderars', which is held at the Landemuseum der Provinze Westfalen at Münster. These plates have been identified as being by the same hand and incorporate similar ornamental patterns and motifs.
Bibliographic references
  • Hind, A. M., Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 3 vols, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1952- 1964, pp. 39-58.
  • Magdalena Adamska, Maureski Thomasa Geminusa - Próba Rekonstrukcji Wzornika [Moresque Oranemtns by Thomas Geminus - an Attempt to Reconstruct His Pattern Book]', Amicissima. Studia Magdalenae Piwocka oblata (Kraków, 2010), pp. 127-137;624-630.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22770:3

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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