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Illustration of the Fountain Screen at Hampton Court

Jewellery Design
1695 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for jewellery


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Illustration of the Fountain Screen at Hampton Court (generic title)
  • Plate 20 from Jean Tijou: A New Book of Drawings Invented and Designed by John Tijou..., 1693) (series title)
  • Nouveau livre de desseins inventé par Jean Tijou (series title)
  • A New Book of Drawings Invented and designed by John Tijou (series title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Jean Tijou. Fountain Screen at Hampton Court Palace. Plate from a suite of 20 entitled 'Nouveau livre de desseins inventé par Jean Tijou'. London, 1693.
Physical description
Design for jewellery
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 23.5cm
  • Cut to width: 39.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the lower left of the plate: 'J. Tijou. In. et del:'
  • Lettered in the lower right of the plate: 'B. Gentot. [....]' (Lower right portion of lettering is missing.)
Object history
One of 14 plates and title page from 'A New Book of Drawings Invented and Designed by John Tijou Containing several sorts of Iron Worke...', London, 1693.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.158, 9 (1).
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 1323.
Collection
Accession number
E.2297-1909

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
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