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A Book of Ornaments Useful to Jewellers, Watchmakers and all other artists

Print
1697-1704 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Simon Gribelin (Designer)
Gribelin (Published)
Place of origin
London (Published)

Plate 2.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleA Book of Ornaments Useful to Jewellers, Watchmakers and all other artists (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Simon Gribelin. Plate 2 from a suite of 8 designs for gold- and silversmith ornament entitled 'A Book of Ornaments Useful to Jewellers, Watchmakers and all other artists'. London, 1697-1704.
Physical description
Plate 2.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 19.2cm
  • Cut to width: 15.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'S.Gribelin inv: et Sculp:'
  • Numbered '2' in the lower right of the plate.
Subject depicted
Ornament
Bibliographic references
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, nos. 1683-1693.
  • Griffiths, A. The Print in Stuart Britain 1603-1689, London, 1998, p.272, no.188.
  • O' Connell, S. 'Simon Gribelin (1661-1733): Printmaker and Metal-Engraver' in Print Quarterly, vol. II, no. 1, March1985, pp.27-38.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29278

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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