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Print

1800-1807 (produced), 1789 (first published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate from a volume of miscellaneous prints after drawings and paintings.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
etching and engraving
Brief description
Plate from a volume of miscellaneous prints, including engravings after various artists and plans of Roman monuments, published Paris, 1800-1807
Physical description
Plate from a volume of miscellaneous prints after drawings and paintings.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 955mm
  • Volume width: 670mm
Marks and inscriptions
Rue de la Harpe, Au-dessus de celle de Médecine, no. 136 [corrected to 132]; Tessier, relieur et doreur de la Trésorerie nationale et du Bureau de la Guerre. Il tient aussi la Librairie. A Paris (printed label pasted on inside cover of volume)
Object history
Bound in volume 23 of the 27 volume 'first Paris edition' of the works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published by his sons Francesco and Pietro Piranesi in 1800-1807.
Bibliographic reference
Departmental notes
Collection
Accession number
E.5054-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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