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print
;
frontispiece
Object Type
print
frontispiece
Museum number
D,3.524
Description
Frontispiece for 'A Catalogue of News and Useful Maps Curious and Entertaining Prints, Books of Architecture, Great Variety of Drawing Books in all the Branches of Penmanship And the best of each Kind'; title on scroll, surrounded by prints and maps. c.1766 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Published by:
Robert Sayer
School/style
British
Production date
1766
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
174 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
97 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Kept with D,3.524-537 in original folder marked: 'Titles &c' Literature: T.Clayton, 'The English Print 1688-1802', New Haven and London, 1997, pp.106.
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Associated with:
Robert Morris
Associated with:
Anthony van Dyck
Associated with:
Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin II
(?)
Associated with:
Dorothy Mercier
(?)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Dorothea, Lady Banks
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Sarah Sophia Banks
Acquisition date
1818
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
D,3.524