book of prints; print

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Object Type: book of prints; print
Museum number: 1978,0810.5.1-80
Description: A book of 80 French cul-de-lampe prints, bound together in marbled boards. With versos and margins containing architectural sketches and measurements annotated in English. Etchings and engravings
Producer name: Published by: Veuve Chéreau; After: Charles Eisen; Print made by: Jean Charles Baquoy; Drawn by: Anonymous (architectural sketches)
School/style
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 246 millimetres; Width: 146 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: elements; child; allegory/personification; courtship/love; book/newspaper; ornament; time/seasons; architecture
Acquisition date: 1753-1978
Acquisition notes: One of the prints (p. 18) has been inscribed in pencil with the name John Hayes, Chudleigh and another (p. 28) in pen with the same name in Latin: "Johanni Hayes Ejus Liber Anno Domini / John Hayes Chudleigh" A print on p. 42 is inscribed "William Hayes" and "John Hayes". Armorial bookplate of Henry Boulton.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1978,0810.5.1-80

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