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book
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
paper
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 with:
Society of Dilettanti
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Greece
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with monogram and date 1785 on flyleaf)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Hh,8.1-44.+