Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Turnbull, George, 1698-1748
Title:
A curious collection of ancient paintings : accurately engraved from excellent drawings, lately done after the originals by one of the best hands at Rome : with an account where and when they were found, and where they now are, and several critical, historical, and mythological observations upon them.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn, 1741.
Physical Description:
[4], 42 p., 50, A-D leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 41 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 155
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Dedication signed G.T. [i.e. George Turnbull].

"Many of the original pieces here described ... now in Dr. Mead's library": p. [41].

Plates by J. Mynde; after Camillo Paderni.
Subject Terms:
Lefroy, Antony -- Bookplate. | Mead, Richard, 1673–1754 -- Art collections. | Osborne, T. -- Publisher. | Painting, Ancient. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1741.
Contributors:
Mynde, James, 1702–1771, engraver. | Paderni, Camillo, -approximately 1770.