[Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Frontispiece
- Creator
- Woollett, William, 1735-1785, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [July 1760]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Joshua Kirby
- Abstract
-
Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby's 'Perspective of Architecture' (1761); landscape, with river, domed temple and city, in foreground the upper part of a column, its capital bearing emblems of the Prince of Wales, a cupid with a book inscribed " Palladio's Architect[ure]", a paper with geometrical figures struck by a ray from the rising sun
- Description
-
Paulson's title: Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture.
State and publication information from Paulson.
Original drawing in the British Museum.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Original.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Brook Taylor's Perspective. See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 371.
On page 185 in volume 2. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24 x 40 cm
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Frontispieces
Engravings England London 1760 - Material
- engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Architecture
Cupids - Subjects
-
Architecture
Cupids
England > London > 1760
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12820779
- Object ID (OID)
- 16996021
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