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print
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book of prints
Object Type
print
book of prints
Museum number
1894,1211.3.1-25
Title
Object:
Portraits of Celebrated Painters
Description
A book of 25 portraits of famous artists, engraved by John Corner after their self-portraits or portraits by others, each set within a fictive frame with a small vignette after a painting by the depicted artist. Bound facing letterpress biographies. Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
John Corner
Published by:
Longman
Published by:
Lackington & Co
School/style
British
Production date
1816-1821
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
365 millimetres
(approx. sheet size of each page)
Height:
260 millimetres
(approx. size of each platemark)
Width:
200 millimetres
Width:
250 millimetres
Curator's comments
Originally issued in parts and bound together subsequently at the BM bindery.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
draughtsman/painter
arts and sciences
Associated names
Portrait of:
Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of:
Nicolas Poussin
Portrait of:
Jan Both
Portrait of:
Giorgione
Portrait of:
Giovanni Lanfranco
Portrait of:
Frans Snyders
Portrait of:
Titian
Portrait of:
Domenichino
Portrait of:
Pietro da Cortona
Portrait of:
Sir Peter Lely
Portrait of:
Giovanni Antonio Pordenone
Portrait of:
Jacques Jordaens
Portrait of:
Raphael
Portrait of:
Carle Van Loo
Portrait of:
Quentin Massijs
Portrait of:
Adriaen van Stalbemt
Portrait of:
Gerard Dou
Portrait of:
Simon Vouet
Portrait of:
Charles Le Brun
Portrait of:
Albrecht Dürer
Portrait of:
Guido Reni
Portrait of:
Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait of:
Pier Francesco Mola
Portrait of:
Annibale Carracci
Portrait of:
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Portraits of Celebrated Painters
Acquisition date
1894
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1894,1211.3.1-25