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A Book Of Architecture, Containing Designs Of Buildings And Ornaments. By James Gibbs.

Print
1728
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

1 of 58 plates, mounted 2 to a page, depicting designs of vases. These have been cut close to the image and taken from a volume in which they were printed 8 or 9 vases to a page.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Book Of Architecture, Containing Designs Of Buildings And Ornaments. By James Gibbs. (suite title)
Materials and techniques
etching and engraving
Brief description
James Gibbs (after), 1 of 58 plates (mounted 2 to a page) cut from plates 139-145 from 'A Book Of Architecture, Containing Designs Of Buildings And Ornaments. By James Gibbs.', London, 1728.
Physical description
1 of 58 plates, mounted 2 to a page, depicting designs of vases. These have been cut close to the image and taken from a volume in which they were printed 8 or 9 vases to a page.
Dimensions
  • Average size cut to height: 10.7cm
  • Average size cut to width: 7cm
Bibliographic reference
(Berlin II) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 2270.
Collection
Accession number
28720:26

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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