Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils. Engraved by the Best Hands, From the Originals drawn in China by Mr. Chambers, Architect, Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence. To which is annexed, A Description of their Temples, Houses, Gardens, &c.
published 1757
Artist, British, died c. 1760
Artist, British, 1731 - 1809
Artist, British, 1711 - 1774
Artist, French, c. 1720 - 1758
Artist, Scottish, 1723 - 1796
Artist, British, 1717 - 1810
Author, Scottish, 1723 - 1796
Artwork overview
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Medium
1st part of 2 in 1 vol: ill: 21 etching and engravings after Chambers, engravers include Pierre Fourdrinier (10), Ignace Fougeron (2), Edward Rooker (2), Paul Sandby (1), Charles Grignion (3), 1 unsigned
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 53.2 x 35.6 cm (20 15/16 x 14 in.)
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Accession
1983.49.16.a
Associated Artworks
A Treatise on Civil Architecture, in which The Principles of that Art Are liad down, and Illustrated by A great Number of Plates, Accurately Designed, and Elegantly Engraved by the Best Hands
Edward Rooker, Peter Mazell, Charles Grignion, Francis Patton, Tobias Miller, Ignace Fougeron, Pierre Fourdrinier, William Chambers
1759
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Bookplate of Robert Shafto, Benwell; bookplate of William Adair; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Middleton et al. 1998, no. 12 (1983.49.16.a); no. 13 (.b).