Set of 58 plates from 'Scenery & Antiquities of North Britain.'
Maker
(artist)
ca. 1746-1794 (Life dates)
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
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
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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