The Georgicks of Virgil [translated and annotated by John Martyn]

1741

Elisha Kirkall

Artist, English, c. 1682 - 1742

Virgil

Author, Italian, 70 - 19 B.C.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with letterpress title page and text and 14 hand-colored engravings and color mezzotints on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow

  • Dimensions

    page size: 28.9 x 22.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.89.3

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C.R. Richmond

Associated Names

Inscriptions

notations in graphite, inside front cover; stampedon front endpaper: JH Crawley Boevey / Commoners.

Markings

inside front cover: bookplates of C. R. Richmond and ? [shield with birds and the Latin motto "esse quam videri"]; stamped in black ink on recto of front end paper: J. / J H Crawley Boevey / Commoners

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