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Set of 58 plates from 'Scenery & Antiquities of North Britain.'

Maker

(artist)
ca. 1746-1794 (Life dates)

Title

Set of 58 plates from 'Scenery & Antiquities of North Britain.'

Medium

Ink on paper

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3993

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Recto: Within the image, top centre, in a scroll around a crown, printed in black ink: “HONI / SOIT QUI MAL Y / PENSE”; Below the image, in a scroll around a globe, printed in black ink: “IMPUNE / NEMO ME / LA / CESS / ET. / SCENERY & ANTIQUITIES of NORTHERN BRITAIN.”. Above the image, centre, printed in black ink: “FRONTISPIECE.”. Below the image, lower left margin, printed in black ink: “Cordiner pinx.t”; lower centre margin, printed in black ink: “LONDON: Published by I & J. TAYLOR, High Holborn MDCCXCV”; lower right margin, printed in black ink: “P. Mazell Sculp.”.

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