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Engraving

c. 1700-1729 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Claude Bérain, 1 of 6 plates from a suite of 6 designs for ornamental monograms. Paris, c. 1700-1729.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Width: 11.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'C. Berain' on the plate
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 92, 28.
  • Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire du Fonds Français, Paris, 1930 – , vol. 1, p. 351, 74-79.
  • Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Accession number
E.2655-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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