print; book; title-page

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Object Type: print; book; title-page
Museum number: 2006,U.2451.1-20
Title: Series: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum with Engravings
Description: Part VII: Book, with twenty prints consisting of one title-page and nineteen plates by various artists after Corbould, depicting statues of the Parthenon metope and two views of gallery with the objects displayed; with text describing the objects; bound in the original cover. 1826-35 Engraving and etching
Producer name: After: Henry Corbould; Print made by: Charles Heath; Print made by: George Cooke; Print made by: George Corbould; Print made by: William Bromley; Print made by: Robert Newton; Print made by: Henry Moses; Print made by: George Thomas Doo; Print made by: Andrew Duncan; Print made by: James Henry Watt; Print made by: Edward James Portbury; Published by: George Nicol; Published by: Longman; Published by: Payne and Foss; Published by: John & Arthur Arch; Published by: Harding & Lepard; Published by: William Pickering; Published by: The British Museum
School/style
Production date: 1826-1835
Production place: Printed in: London (England); Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 366 millimetres (cover); Width: 295 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 1996,U.4-225 for print studies.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: sculpture; temple
Associated names: Associated with: The British Museum; Associated with: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
Associated places: Associated with: Parthenon
Acquisition date: 1847
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2006,U.2451.1-20
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1847,0125.10.1-20

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