Print (Line engraving)

Museum Object Number 1957.0126.020 A

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

ARCHITECTURE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Boydell, William Herbert, and Frances Bull (Publisher and printseller)

Jacopo Amigoni (Designer)

Creator Notes

Appointed court painter to Ferdinand VI of Spain in 1747.

Date of Birth

c.1685

Date of Death

1752

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1766-1775

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath title; London Printed for & Sold by J. Boydel in Cheapside, W. Herbert on London Bridge, & F. Bull on Ludgate Hill.

Subjects

Allegory

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

9.9 (H) , 14.1 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 13.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.1 (H) , 35.9 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 13.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 9.8 in. (24.9 cm). Plate W: 13.9 in. (35.3 cm). Chain interval: 2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Publisher Summary

John Boydell, William Herbert, and Frances Bull

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Lily above a shield with initials "LVG" beneath

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors

Edition Notes

Watermark is a Van Gelder Strassburg lily.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 157, pp. 233-4.