Microcosm: or, a Picturesque Delineation of the Agriculture, Manufactures &c. of Great Britain

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Artist/Maker	Pyne, William Henry (etcher) Hill, John (aquatinter) Pyne, William Henry (publisher) Nattes, J. C. (publisher)
Place of origin	London (published)

Print depicting waggons.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Titles	Microcosm: or, a Picturesque Delineation of the Agriculture, Manufactures &c. of Great Britain (series title) Waggons (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching and aquatint Etching Aquatint
Brief description	Plate from 'Microcosm: or, a Picturesque Delineation of the Agriculture, Manufactures &c. of Great Britain'. Etching and aquatint by John Pyne and John Hill (?), published London, 1803-1806.
Physical description	Print depicting waggons.
Dimensions	Average size in set height: 22.9cm Average size in set width: 30cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	(Lettered with title in English and in French, publishers' names, date, plate number etc.)
Object history	This work was first published in parts beginning in 1803, and a complete edition appeared in 1806.
Subject depicted	Waggon
Associated objects	E.2825-1962 (Set) E.2827-1962 (Set) E.2828-1962 (Set) E.2829-1962 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2826-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699682/microcosm-or-a-picturesque-delineation-print-pyne-william-henry/

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