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Printing Plate

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

Original engraved copperplate. An allegorical subject showing eight young girls circling a woman seated among clouds. Frontispiece to an unidentified work published by T. Cadell, London, 1788.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Tools & Equipment
Object type
Printing Plate
Materials and techniques
impression from engraved copperplate
Silk (Textile)
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Engraved copper plate. 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
Original engraved copperplate. An allegorical subject showing eight young girls circling a woman seated among clouds. Frontispiece to an unidentified work published by T. Cadell, London, 1788.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
  • Width: 9.2cm
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 1 1788 (Below image.)
Gallery label
ANONYMOUS : Illustration

An allegorical subject showing eight young girls circling a woman seated among clouds. Frontispiece to an unidentified work published by T. Cadell, London, 1788. Original copperplate (for an impression from the plate see E.3267-1948)
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.3266-1948

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.
Production
For an impression from the plate see E.3267-1948.
Subjects depicted
Allegory
Woman
Cloud
Girls
Associated object
E.3267-1948
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.3266-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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