Metalwork Design
second quarter 18th century (made)
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Goldsmith's design for metalwork. One of 1016 prints (either engravings or etchings) and 650 hand-drawn and painted designs bound in two albums.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | engraving or etching or pen and ink and watercolour and wash. |
| Brief description | One of 1615 anonymous designs for metalwork, mainly etchings and engravings but including some watercolour, wash, pen and ink drawings, from a group of 1679 designs (E.51 to 1729-1938) bound in two volumes. French, mid-18th century. |
| Physical description | Goldsmith's design for metalwork. One of 1016 prints (either engravings or etchings) and 650 hand-drawn and painted designs bound in two albums. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support and the Goldsmiths' Company |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1938. London: The Board of Education, 1939. |
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| Accession number | E.856-1938 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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