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Print

01/02/1788 (published)
Artist/Maker
Thomas Cadell (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

An allegorical subject showing eight young girls circling a woman seated among clouds. Impression on silk from the engraved copperplate E.3266-1948.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
impression from engraved copperplate
Silk (Textile)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Engraving on silk. Allegorical subject showing eight young girls circling a woman seated among clouds. Frontispiece to an unidentified work published by Thomas Cadell, London, 1788.
Physical description
An allegorical subject showing eight young girls circling a woman seated among clouds. Impression on silk from the engraved copperplate E.3266-1948.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.3cm
  • Width: 11.5cm
Material is not cut exactly straight. Measured by DH 07/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • To face the Title Page. (Above image.)
  • Published as the Act directs by T. Cadell, Strand. Feby 11788 (Below image.)
Gallery label
An allegorical subject showing eight young girls circling a woman seated among clouds. Frontispiece to an unidentified work published by T. Cadell, London, 1788. (Impression on silk from the copperplate E.3266-1948)
Lettered To face the Title Page. Published as the Act directs by T. Cadell, Strand, Feby. 1 1788.
Engraving. 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 E.3267-1948

Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod
Credit line
Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod
Object history
This design was used as a frontispiece to an unidentified work published by T. Cadell, London, 1788.
Subjects depicted
Allegory
Woman
Cloud
Girls
Associated object
E.3266-1948
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3267-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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