album; print; title-page; book-illustration

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album; print; title-page; book-illustration

Object Type: album; print; title-page; book-illustration
Museum number: J,26.1-59
Title: Object: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Terracottas in the British Museum with Engravings; Object: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum with Engravings
Description: A complete bound album with fifty-nine proof prints from two books, by various artists after William Alexander, consisting of: forty-one prints from 'Ancient Terracottas in the British Museum' and eighteen prints from 'Ancient Marbles in the British Museum' Part I, including title-page vignette and plates from each book, depicting terracotta or marble reliefs, sculptures, amphoras, ornaments and views in the galleries; most proofs before letters, few bear artists' names; bound in the original cover. 1810-2 Engraving and etching
Producer name: After: William Alexander; Print made by: George Cooke; Print made by: Henry Moses; Print made by: William Bromley; Print made by: Richard Rhodes; Print made by: Charles Heath; Print made by: Anker Smith; Print made by: James Neagle; Print made by: William Skelton; Print made by: James Fittler; Print made by: Anthony Cardon; Print made by: Luigi Schiavonetti; Print made by: William Henry Worthington; Print made by: Charles Picart; Print made by: James Thompson (?); Print made by: Cosmo Armstrong
Production date: 1810-1812
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 433 millimetres (cover); Width: 285 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See 2006,U.2444.1-41 and 2006,U.2445.1-18 for published books, J,23.1-88 for print study.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
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Associated names
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,26.1-59

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