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Chimborazo

Print
1850 (published)
Artist/Maker
Baxter, George (print-maker)
Place of origin
England (printed)

Colour print depicting a view of Chimborazo: a volcano in the Andes.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Topography
Object type
Print
TitleChimborazo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Baxter print on paper
Paper
Baxter-Process Printing
Brief description
Print by George Baxter, 'Chimborazo,' frontispiece to Views of Nature etc. by Alexander von Humboldt, Baxter-process print, England, 1850
Physical description
Colour print depicting a view of Chimborazo: a volcano in the Andes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.3125in
  • Width: 5.6875in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Style
Victorian
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Lettered with title)
  • 'Baxter's Patent Oil Colour Printing. XI, Northampton Square.' (Lettered )
Credit line
Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter
Object history
This print was used as the frontispiece to Views of Nature etc. by Alexander von Humboldt, 1850.
Subject depicted
Volcano
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
  • Lewis, C. T. Courtney. George Baxter (colour printer) his life and work: a manual for collectors. London: S. Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1908. cat. no. 343
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3047-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O743974/chimborazo-print-baxter-george/
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