Album
18th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Blue leather album with a red spine marked 'Venice'. There is a gold plated crest on the cover. Seventy-eight drawings are attached to each of the pages of the album. There are six loose drawings within the album.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Leather bound album |
| Brief description | Album bound in blue leather with a red spine marked in gold plate 'Venice', containing drawings commissioned by the Earl of Bute |
| Physical description | Blue leather album with a red spine marked 'Venice'. There is a gold plated crest on the cover. Seventy-eight drawings are attached to each of the pages of the album. There are six loose drawings within the album. |
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| Credit line | Accepted by H M Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria & Albert Museum, 2000 |
| Bibliographic reference | Martignago, Katia. 'Disegni di architettura dal Grand Tour. La collezione di John Stuart, III conte di Bute', PhD thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2021 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.8:1-2001 |
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| Record created | June 20, 2001 |
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