Antiqvaries [graphic]

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Title: Antiqvaries [graphic]
Alternative Title: Antiquaries
Creator: Landseer, John, 1769-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 February 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 25 Feby. 1798, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery
Abstract: "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Selden, Spelman, Cotton and Leland along a tomb, with one of Ashmole leaning at right, before a ruined arch and surrounding buildings, a mountain in the background, a pick and jug spilling gold in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text within image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate [184] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [184] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1798
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Selden, John, 1584-1654,
Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641,
Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631,
Leland, Thomas, 1722-1785,
Subject (Topic): Ashmole, Elias
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Arches
Ruins
Subjects: Selden, John, 1584-1654
Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641
Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631
Leland, Thomas, 1722-1785
Ashmole, Elias, 1617-1692
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Arches
Ruins
England > London > 1798

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