FDA-E.2555:12-2016
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.2555:12-2016
Object type
Identification
Title
Thomas Gainsborough R.A. Etchings, Limited Edition of Seventy-Five Numbered Copies, No. 50 [cover], Introduction & Notes [document]
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Yellow card front and back cover, bound with Introduction and Notes for the series of New Edition prints. Holds (loosely) the 11 etchings and engravings within.
Comments
Part of a series of New Edition prints from 11 original copper-plates by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. Limited Edition No. 50.
The series is housed in a red box, with padded silk lid, and velvet bed.
The 11 prints are loosely held within a yellow card-bound Introduction and Notes. An additional Introduction and Notes, and Prospectus, both in brown paper sleeves, accompany the prints.
The series is housed in a red box, with padded silk lid, and velvet bed.
The 11 prints are loosely held within a yellow card-bound Introduction and Notes. An additional Introduction and Notes, and Prospectus, both in brown paper sleeves, accompany the prints.
Description
Content (note)
The Etched & Engraved Prints of
Thomas Gainsborough R.A.
Executed in Soft-ground & Aquatint
and in Mezzotint
Some Notes on the Printing of his still-surviving Copper Plates
and their History, together with a set of
New Impressions taken by
Philip McQueen
and introduced by
John Hayes
Thomas Gainsborough R.A.
Executed in Soft-ground & Aquatint
and in Mezzotint
Some Notes on the Printing of his still-surviving Copper Plates
and their History, together with a set of
New Impressions taken by
Philip McQueen
and introduced by
John Hayes
Edition number
50/75
Production
Organisation
John Boydell Press (Publisher)
Date
1971
