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The Grammar of Ornament

published 1856

Owen Jones

Author, British, 1809 - 1874

Francis Bedford

Lithographer, British, 1816 - 1894

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Artwork overview

Medium

bound volume with 100 chromolithographic plates
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Dimensions

page size: 55.7 x 36.9 cm (21 15/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Accession

1997.109.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

T.C.L. Sparkes, England; Percy B. Tubbs; Christopher Tower; purchased 1997 by NGA.

Associated Names

Sims, Reed & Fogg Ltd.

Exhibition History

2000

Art Nouveau, 1890-1914, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 39, as The Grammar of Ornament, London.

2022

Sargent and Spain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, 2022-2023.

Bibliography

2000

Art Nouveau, 1890-1914. Exh. cat. Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. London, 2000: no. 39.

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