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Print - Fancy Capitals

Fancy Capitals

  • Object:

    Print

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (published)

  • Date:

    1770 (published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Darly, Matthias (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Etching and engraving on paper

  • Museum number:

    E.2248-1908

  • Gallery location:

    Architecture, room 128, case 5, shelf 1

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This print by Matthias Darly is from the book The Ornamental Architect. This engraving illustrates variations on the Ionic, Corinthian and Composite capitals, typical of the neo-classical style. Darly’s aim was to disseminate the orders for artists working in different fields. Darly produced numerous prints like these, not only architectural in nature, but also prints showing vases and other smaller objects. Such prints would have been used by artisans as an example from which to work.

Physical description

Engraving, print entitled 'Fancy Capitals', illustrating variations on the Ionic, Corinthian and Composite capitals, characteristic of the neo-classical style. From The Ornamental Architect, published 1771.

Place of Origin

London, England (published)

Date

1770 (published)

Artist/maker

Darly, Matthias (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Etching and engraving on paper

Marks and inscriptions

'Fancy Capitals'
'Pub by MDarly According to Act May 30th 1770'
'[L]XXXVI'

Dimensions

Height: 204 mm plate size, Width: 305 mm plate size, Height: 315 mm paper, Width: 475 mm paper

Object history note

'Fancy' now means elaborately decorated; in Darly's time it meant imaginative or inventive. Here he plays variations on the Ionic, Corinthian and Composite capitals. They are characteristic of the neo-classical style.

Descriptive line

Engraving entitled 'Fancy Capitals', illustrating variations on the Ionic, Corinthian and Composite capitals, by Matthias Darly, England, 1770

Production Note

From The Ornamental Architect

Materials

Printing ink; Paper (fiber product)

Techniques

Etching; Engraving (printing process)

Subjects depicted

Capitals; Ionic; Orders; Corinthian; Composite

Categories

Prints; Architecture

Collection code

PDP

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