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Usbec Tartars

Etching and Stipple
ca. 1792 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching and stipple engraving entitled 'Usbec Tartars and Calmuc Tartars', Vol.1, Book 2, chapter 6, facing p.138. Lettered 'Grignion sculp' and numbered 82.

Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Usbec Tartars (assigned by artist)
  • Calmuc Tartars (assigned by artist)
  • A New, Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and stipple engraving
Brief description
Etching entitled 'Usbec (Uzbek) Tartars and Calmuc (Kalmuck) Tartars', one of a series of illustrations (17) on 11 plates to the Revd Thomas Bankes for 'A New, Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography'. Published in Britain by John Cooke, ca. 1792.
Physical description
Etching and stipple engraving entitled 'Usbec Tartars and Calmuc Tartars', Vol.1, Book 2, chapter 6, facing p.138. Lettered 'Grignion sculp' and numbered 82.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.8cm
  • Width: 21.2cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions
  • Grignion sculp (Lettered)
  • 82 (Numbered)
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
Collection
Accession number
SP.67

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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