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Liber Variorum

Maker

(artist)

(engraver)
1772-1839

(publisher)
active 1789-1843 (Life dates)

Title

Liber Variorum

Date of Production

1810

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18 cm
Width: 25 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4271

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






Related Works

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Notes

A set of unnumbered plates, with illustrated title page. Soft ground etchings printed on coloured papers, heightened by hand with white gouache or grey wash, with some scraping out.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

inscription : printed : centre & recto within image : : Studies/ of/ Landscapes /by/ T. Gainsborough. T, Hoppner R.A.J, Girtin / W.m Owen R.A. A, Callcot A. S, Owen. / I, Varley. I, S, Hayware / and L, Francia. //

inscription : printed : centre & recto within image : : Imitated from / the Originals by / L, Francia, 1810. //

inscription : typed : centre margin & recto : : L. FRANCIA //

inscription : typed : lower left margin & recto : : Liber Variorum, Imitated from the Originals by L. Francia, 1810, T. Palser. //

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