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A Treatise on Civil Architecture: in which the Principles of that Art are Laid Down, and Illustrated by a Great Number of Plates, Accurately Designed, and Elegantly Engraved by the Best Hands

Print
1759 (first published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

etching


Object details

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Object type
TitleA Treatise on Civil Architecture: in which the Principles of that Art are Laid Down, and Illustrated by a Great Number of Plates, Accurately Designed, and Elegantly Engraved by the Best Hands (suite title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
William Chambers (after), plate entitled, 'Chimney Pieces, in the Lord Viscount Charlemont's Casino at Marino', from the volume entitled 'A Treatise on Civil Architecture: in which the Principles of that Art are Laid Down, and Illustrated by a Great Number of Plates, Accurately Designed, and Elegantly Engraved by the Best Hands', etched by Paul Fourdrinier, London, 1759.
Physical description
etching
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 40cm
  • Cut to width: 26.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Above image: Chimney Pieces, in the Lord Viscount Charlemont's Casine at Marino Below image: W. Chambers Architectus/P. Fourdrinier Sculp V&A collectors' mark
Bibliographic reference
(Berlin I) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, The Second Edition, London: Printed by J. Dixwell, 1768, 2286.
Collection
Accession number
12957:13

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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