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print study
;
drawing
Object Type
print study
drawing
Museum number
1880,0214.269
Description
Illustration to Shaftesbury's 'Characteristicks', 2nd edition, 1714, design for the frontispiece to Vol I, lower border; within a framework of scrolls, festoons and storks, in an oval surmounted by a head of Apollo, a caduceus and two cornucopias, and behind them the Pantheon, on the left three altars above which are two clasped hands, and on the right musical instruments. 1712 Pen and brown ink, with grey wash
Producer name
Print made by:
Simon Gribelin
Drawn by:
Henry Trench
School/style
British
Production date
1712
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
70 millimetres
Width:
194 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Engraved by Gribelin in the same sense. For further information, see 1880,0214.247
Bibliographic references
Croft-Murray (unpublished) / Catalogue of British Drawings in the British Museum: artists born 1665 to 1715
(3)
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(7(e))
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ornament
Associated names
Illustration to:
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Characteristicks
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Benoni White
Purchased through:
Christie's
(sale 29-30.i.1880/220 (set of 31 drawings))
Purchased through:
John Wilson
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
William Esdaile
(sale, Christie's, 23.vi.1840/870 - £2 for 32 drawings to White)
Acquisition date
1880
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1880,0214.269