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Forres Pillar, from series Scenery & Antiquities of North Britain

Maker

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

(engraver)
1761-1802

(publisher)
1761-1802

Title

Forres Pillar, from series Scenery & Antiquities of North Britain

Date of Production

1.4.1788

Medium

engraving and etching

Dimensions

Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 14 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3993.49

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













elephant (?)

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: C Cordiner pinxt.

Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: Peter Mazell Sculpt.

Inscription: recto: lower centre, title and publisher: FORRES PILLAR / Published as the Act directs, April 1, 1788 by P. Mazell, Engraver, No. 32 James Street, Covent Garden.

Inscription: recto: handwritten in black ink, upper left : L37/25/B/16a.

Inscription: recto: handwritten in blue ink, lower centre, artist: C. CORDINER.

Inscription: recto: stamped in black: upper right, provenance : WITT / LIBRARY.

Inscription: recto: stamped in red: lower left corner: M.

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