[Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Frontispiece to The catalogue of pictures exhibited at Spring Gardens] [graphic]
- Creator
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created
- published according to act of Parliament May 7 1761.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title and state from Paulson.
State without quotation from Juvenal etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 373.
On page 188 in volume 2. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 20.1 x 14.7 cm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Allegorical prints England 1761
Engravings England London 1761
Etchings England London 1761
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching with engraving on laid paper ;
- Subject (Topic)
-
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Art - Subjects
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Britannia (Symbolic character)
Art
England > 1761
England > London > 1761
18th century
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
- 12820890
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194158