print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1869,0410.1246
Title: Object: Black marble Quarry, near red wharf bay, Anglesea.
Description: Figures working in a quarry in foreground at left, a man standing on a slab, giving instructions with his left arm raised; pulley system with trolley for carrying rocks at centre, vertical wall of rocks at right; within a rectangular border; illustration to Ayton's 'Voyage round Great Britain', vol. II. 1815 Aquatint and some etching with hand-colouring
Producer name: Print made by: William Daniell (also draughtsman); Published by: Longman; Published by: William Daniell
School/style
Production date: 1815
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: aquatint; etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 225 millimetres; Width: 299 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For the 'Voyage Round Great Britain', see 1869,0410.1206 Plate 30 on printed Index Chart.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Isle of Anglesey
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca; Purchased through: Sotheby's (24-7.ii.1869/212); Purchased through: Edward Daniell
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1869,0410.1246

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