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A Book of Ornaments Useful to all artists

Metalwork Design
1700 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Simon Gribelin II (artist)
Place of origin
London (Published)

Plate 4.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Metalwork
Designs
Prints
Object type
Metalwork design
TitleA Book of Ornaments Useful to all artists (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Simon Gribelin. Plate from a suite of 8 designs for gold- and silversmith ornament entitled 'A Book of Ornaments Useful to all artists'. London, 1700.
Physical description
Plate 4.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 19.4cm
  • Cut to width: 15.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'S. Gribelin. in. et sculps.'
  • Numbered '4' in the lower right of the plate.
Bibliographic references
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, nos. 1683-1693.
  • Griffiths, A. The Print in Stuart Britain 1603-1689, London, 1998, p.272, no.188.
  • O' Connell, S. 'Simon Gribelin (1661-1733): Printmaker and Metal-Engraver' in Print Quarterly, vol. II, no. 1, March1985, pp.27-38.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
13682:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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