print; book

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Object Type: print; book
Museum number: Hh,8.1-44.+
Title: Object: Ionian Antiquities
Description: "Ionian Antiquities, Published, with Permission of the Society of Dilettanti, by R. Chandler, M.A. F.S.A., N. Revett, Architect; W. Pars, Painter." (London, T. Spilsbury and W. Haskell) 1769; including 44 engravings of various sizes illustrating fragments of ancient Greek sculpture, views of classical ruins, topographical views, a map, architectural elevations, plans, details and scale diagrams, with letterpress descriptions and explanations of the plates. Etching and engraving
Producer name: Published by: Richard Chandler; Published by: Nicholas Revett; Published by: William Pars; Print made by: Jacques Philippe Le Bas; Print made by: Francesco Bartolozzi; After: Giovanni Battista Borra; Print made by: James Mason; Print made by: James Basire I; Print made by: Thomas White; Print made by: G Sherlock; Print made by: William Woollett; Print made by: William Byrne; Print made by: James Newton
School/style: British; Italian; French
Production date: 1769
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 559 millimetres (Approx. sheet size of each page); Width: 365 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This first volume of "Ionian Antiquities" is registered Hh,8.1+ through to 44+; the second part (published 1797) is registered at Hh,8.1 through to 68 (located at 242.c.9).
Location: Not on display
Subjects: sculpture; architecture
Associated names
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Greece
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Hh,8.1-44.+

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