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A complete round of cyphers for the ufe [use] of engravers, painters, sculptors, jewellers, hair workers, enamellers, pattern-drawers, &c. : consisting of six-hundred examples for the forming of cyphers of every denomination

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1796
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving of title page for an album of cyphers designed and engraved by Garnet Terry for the proprietors Bowles and Carver. The album consists of six-hundred designs for cyphers with each of the twenty-four plates containing twenty-five designs.

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Titles
  • A complete round of cyphers for the ufe [use] of engravers, painters, sculptors, jewellers, hair workers, enamellers, pattern-drawers, &c. : consisting of six-hundred examples for the forming of cyphers of every denomination (published title)
  • A Complete Round of Cyphers (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Engraving by Garnet Terry. Title page for "A Complete Round of Cyphers" an album of six-hundred cypher designs. London, 1796.
Physical description
Engraving of title page for an album of cyphers designed and engraved by Garnet Terry for the proprietors Bowles and Carver. The album consists of six-hundred designs for cyphers with each of the twenty-four plates containing twenty-five designs.
Dimensions
  • Length: 27cm
  • Width: 20.5cm
Production
London: Printed for the Proprietors Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard. Price 6s. Just published Terrys Allegorical Hair Devices containing 200 elegant subjects, Price 7s. 6d.
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E.7117-1903

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