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Frontispiece of series Scenery & Antiquities of North Britain

Maker

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

(engraver)
1761-1802

I & J Taylor (publisher)

Title

Frontispiece of series Scenery & Antiquities of North Britain

Date of Production

1795

Medium

engraving and etching

Dimensions

Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 17.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3993.1

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: upper centre: FRONTISPIECE.

Inscription: Recto: upper centre: HONI / SOIT QUI MAL Y / PENSE.

Inscription: Recto: right, subtitle: ANTIENT / MONUMEN / and / NATURAL / HISTORY / OF / NORTH / BRITAIN.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, title: NEMO ME / IMPUNE / LA CESS ET. / SCENERY & ANTIQUITIES / of NORTH BRITAIN.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, artist: Cordiner pinxt.

Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: P. Mazell Sculp.

Inscription: recto: lower centre, publisher: LONDON: Published by I & J. TAYLOR, High Holborn MDCCXCV.

Inscription: recto: handwritten in pencil, upper left: 925/30 (18)

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