Untitled
Print
1758 (first published)
1758 (first published)
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Page from a volume of engravings. With a hand-drawn design on the back of the sheet.
N.B.: plate 19 (E.3801-1903) and plate 25 (E.3807-1903) are mounted as single prints and located in solander box EO/24.
N.B.: plate 19 (E.3801-1903) and plate 25 (E.3807-1903) are mounted as single prints and located in solander box EO/24.
Object details
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Title | Untitled (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Engraving and etching on paper |
Brief description | Thomas Johnson (after), 1 of 53 plates and a frontispiece and contents page; designs for Glass and Picture Frames, Candelabra, Chimney-pieces, Ceilings, etc. London, 1758. |
Physical description | Page from a volume of engravings. With a hand-drawn design on the back of the sheet. N.B.: plate 19 (E.3801-1903) and plate 25 (E.3807-1903) are mounted as single prints and located in solander box EO/24. |
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Production | Of this set of designs, Hayward states that "The second set was more ambitious. It consisted of fifty-two plates illustrating 'Glass, Picture, and Table Frames, Chimney Pieces, Gerandoles, Candle-Stands, Clock-Cases, Brackets, and other Ornaments in the Chinese, Gothick, and Rural Taste'. It first appeared in book form, without a title, in 1758. It was then re-issued in 1761, with one additional plate, as One Hundred and Fifty New Designs." (Hayward, Helena, 'Newly-discovered Designs by Thomas Johnson', Furniture History, Vol. 11 (1975), pp. 40-42.) It is clear, however, from counting the plates in this 1758 volume and from the numbers etched on the plates, that there are 53 not 52 plates of etched designs. Furthermore, the 1761 re-issue has 52 not 53 plates plus four title plates. |
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Accession number | E.3829-1903 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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