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The Monuments Of Nineveh - First Series

Print
1849 (published)
Artist/Maker
John Murray (publisher)
Sir Austen Henry Layard (artist)
Hullmandel, Charles (printer)
Place of origin
Britain (printed)

Printed plate from the first series of 'The Monuments Of Nineveh', a volume of etchings, engravings, stipples, lithographs, lithographs tinted with one or two tint stones, colour lithograph, wood engraving printed in brown. Prints kept in a paper folder with details of publication and an image on front. Most plates numbered, lettered with title and lettered with artist's names.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Archaeology
Object type
Print
TitleThe Monuments Of Nineveh - First Series (series title)
Materials and techniques
Printed plate
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Printed plate after a drawing by Sir Austen Henry Layard, the title page from Volume I (102 plates), of 'The Monuments Of Nineveh', engraved by various artists, printed by Hullmandel and Walton, and published by John Murray. Great Britain, 1849.
Physical description
Printed plate from the first series of 'The Monuments Of Nineveh', a volume of etchings, engravings, stipples, lithographs, lithographs tinted with one or two tint stones, colour lithograph, wood engraving printed in brown. Prints kept in a paper folder with details of publication and an image on front. Most plates numbered, lettered with title and lettered with artist's names.
Dimensions
  • Size of covers height: 56.6 cm
  • Width: 38.9 cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Subjects depicted
Monuments
Excavation
Places depicted
Nineveh
Iraq
Assyria
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.350:1

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1009385/the-monuments-of-nineveh--print-sir-austen-henry/
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