book of prints;
print
- Museum number
- 1876,0708.1069-1080
- Description
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'Histoire d'Angleterre, sous le règne de Georges III, depuis l'expédition du duc d'Yorck contre la Hollande, en 1799, représentée en figures, accompagnées d'un précis historique; par David, graveur d'histoire' (Paris: David) n.d. (c. 1812); containing frontispiece showing allegorical scene with female angel and eagle above, a male angel below looking at her, unicorn to his left and other figures including cherubs reading various decrees to the right, and 11 illustrations showing moments of the history of England for Tome I, each plate within a rectangular frame with sea monster above. Bound at the BM bindery in green half-leather with gold embossed lettering on spine and raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges.
Etching and engraving, with some stipple
- Production date
- 1812 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Width: 180 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The BM has other impressions of these plates that have been catalogued individually, see:
1983,U.1208-9 for title-pages of Tome I & II, and 1983,U.1210 for the title-page of Tome III not present in this binding. Illustrations: 1875,0814.1721-68 forTome I; 1893,0328.3.51-60 for part of Tome II.
These are 3 different series with different registration numbers bound together at the BM bindery. The first set of prints (1893,0328.3.1-50) includes the title-page and illustrations to Tome I, and the title-page to Tome II. The second set (1875,0814.1769-1830) includes plates 1 to 48 of Tome II and plates 1 to 15 of Tome III. The third set is actually from a later book by David, and includes a frontispiece and 11 plates to F.A. David's 'Histoire d'Angleterre, sous le règne de Georges 3., depuis l'expédition du duc d'Yorck contre la Hollande, en 1799, représentée en figures, accompagnées d'un précis historique; par David, graveur d'histoire' (1812).
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Histoire d'Angleterre
- Acquisition date
- 1876
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1876,0708.1069-1080