Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities
Title:
A description of the collection of ancient terracottas in the British Museum; with engravings.
Published / Created:
London, Printed by W. Bulmer and co., 1810.
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 39 p. XL pl. (part fold.) 36 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NB145 B8+ Oversize

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy is bound in 3 vols. with Parts I-IV of A description of the collection of ancient marbles in the British Museum. / British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman antiquities. London, 1812-1861.

SML Jb25 +812B 1: Bound with British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman antiquities. A description of the collection of ancient marbles in the British Museum. London, 1812-1861. pt.1.

Plates by George Cooke, Henry Moses, William Bromley, Richard Rhodes,Charles Heath, Anker Smith, James Neagle, William Skelton, James Fittler, Anthony Cardon, Luigi Schiavonetti, and William Henry Worthington; after William Alexander.

Title vignette.

Introduction signed: Taylor Combe.

Pub. June 1, 1810, by the Trustees of the British Museum.
Subject Terms:
Bulmer, W. and Co. -- Printer. | Camden family -- Provenance. | Terra-cotta sculpture -- Catalogs. | Terra-cotta sculpture, Greek. | Terra-cotta sculpture, Roman. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1810. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1810.
Contributors:
Combe, Taylor, 1774–1826. | Cooke, George, 1781–1834, engraver. | Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, engraver. | Bromley, William, 1769–1842, engraver. | Rhodes, Richard, 1765–1838, engraver. | Heath, Charles, 1785–1848, engraver. | Smith, Anker, 1759–1819, engraver. | Neagle, James, 1760?-1822, engraver. | Skelton, William, 1763–1848, engraver. | Fittler, James, 1758–1835, engraver. | Cardon, Anthony, 1772–1813, engraver. | Schiavonetti, Luigi, 1765–1810, engraver. | Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795–approximately 1839, engraver. | Alexander, William, 1767–1816, ill.