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album; print; title-page; book-illustration

Object Type: album; print; title-page; book-illustration
Museum number: J,27.1-98
Title: Object: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum with Engravings
Description: A complete bound album with ninety-eight proof prints from three books, 'Ancient Marbles in the British Museum' Part II-IV, by various artists after Alexander, Corbould, Foster, Cockerell, including title-page vignette and plates from each book, depicting marble or bronze reliefs, sculptures, views in the galleries, views of temples; most proofs before letters, few bear artists' names; bound in the original cover. 1814-20 Engraving, etching, aquatint
Producer name: After: William Alexander; After: Henry Corbould; After: John Foster; After: Charles Robert Cockerell; Print made by: George Cooke; Print made by: Henry Moses; Print made by: Edward Scriven; Print made by: John Burnet; Print made by: John Charles Bromley; Print made by: John Romney; Print made by: Cosmo Armstrong; Print made by: Rivers; Print made by: James Thompson (?); Print made by: John Taylor Wedgwood; Print made by: Henry Richard Cook; Print made by: Thomas Cheesman; Print made by: Thomas Woolnoth; Print made by: William Holl (the Elder); Print made by: Charles Picart; Print made by: William Bromley; Print made by: John Scott; Print made by: William Angus; Print made by: William Henry Worthington; Print made by: William Skelton; Print made by: M Lowry; Print made by: Edward Finden (?); Print made by: John Roffe; Print made by: Anker Smith; Print made by: William Bond; Print made by: Samuel Freeman; Print made by: George Corbould; Print made by: William Sharp; Print made by: George Kellaway; Print made by: William Finden; Print made by: Thomas Landseer; Print made by: John Landseer; Print made by: Charles Heath; Print made by: James Mitchell; Print made by: Francis Engleheart; Print made by: John Henry Robinson; Print made by: Philip Audinet; Print made by: William James Bennett
School/style
Production date: 1814-1820
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 433 millimetres (cover); Width: 283 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: sculpture; temple
Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: Phigaleia (Achaea); Associated with: Temple of Apollo
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,27.1-98