book of prints;
print
- Museum number
- 1864,1114.83-183
- Description
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Illustrations only for John Augustus Atkinson & James Walker's 'A picturesque representation of the manners, customs, and amusements of the Russians, in one hundred coloured plates; with an accurate explanation of each plate in English and French...', 1803-4; containing frontispiece showing bust portrait of Tsar Alexander I stippled by E. Scriven after G. Kugelgen, and 100 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings by Atkinson ahsoiwng scenes of daily life in Russia. Bound in red quarter-leather, with raised bands and gold lettering at the spine, marbled endpapers and edges.
Hand-coloured soft-ground etching and aquatint, etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1803-4
- Dimensions
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Height: 470 millimetres (approx. size of each sheet)
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Width: 330 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians
- Acquisition date
- 1864
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1864,1114.83-183
