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Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Title(s):
A collection of landskips, and figures, &c. : on twenty-nine copper-plates / designed, etched, and engraved by Paul Sandby, and M. Chatlain.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for Robert Sayer, map and printseller, No. 53, in Fleet-Street. Published as the act directs, January 12, 1773.
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [29] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE2143 .S26 1773+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Comprises 31 etchings on 29 leaves; 21 are signed by Sandby and 9 by Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, of which 2 have 2 views.
"They merit a place in the cabinets of the curious, and are useful studies to those who would draw landskips with taste and effect."--Title page.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in marbled wrapers; rebacked.
Subject Terms:
Landscape drawing -- Early works to 1800.
Landscape painting -- Early works to 1800.
Landscapes in art -- Early works to 1800.
Laurie & Whittle -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1773.
Etchings -- 1773.
Drawing books.
Contributors:
Chatelain, Jean Baptiste Claude, 1710?-1771?
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