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First Book of Ornament

Print
1741 (first published)
Artist/Maker
De La Cour (designer)
Vivarès, François (printmaker)
Place of origin
London (first published)

A title plate with rococo ornament.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleFirst Book of Ornament (suite title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
De la Cour (after), Title plate, and one of 7 plates, from First Book of Ornament, etched by François Vivarès, London 1741
Physical description
A title plate with rococo ornament.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 29.3cm
  • To plate mark width: 21.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Within image: First Book of Ornament./Dedicated to the Right Hon:ble/The Lord Middlesex/Invt. by his Lordships most humble./& Obedient Servt. De La Cour. Below image: De La Cour Invt./Vivares Sculp./Published according to Act of Parliament Novr. ye 13.1741
Bibliographic references
  • Snodin, Michael (ed.), assisted by Elspeth Moncrieff, Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth’s England (exh. cat.: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 16 May – 30 September 1984), 45.
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 261.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 166-167, no. 35.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.731-1907

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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