Bath, Art and Architecture

Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Thomas Salmon's 'Chronological Historian,' published by W. Mears, London in 1723. Engravings by George Vertue.

Thomas Salmon's 'Chronological Historian,' published by W. Mears at London in 1723. Engravings by George Vertue. Lo...

Friday, 14 August 2015

Edward Pierce (Pearce) (1635 - 1692).

Edward Pierce (Pearce) (1635 - 95) by Isaac Fuller (1606 - 1672). 1245 x 1016 mm. Yale Centre for British Art. For a brief bi...

Thursday, 13 August 2015

William Kent and Pierre Fourdrinier - Some Illustrations for Gay's Fables 1727 - Showing the use of Busts in Interiors,

Some Typical Interior Scenes of the Late 1720's drawn by William Kent and Engraved by Pierre Fourdrinier. For Gay's Fables. ...

Several 17th / early 18th century Engraved Portraits showing the sitters as Busts

An Engraved Portrait of Ambrose Godfrey - Hanckwitz. F.R.S. (1660 -1741). Engraving by George Vertue After a painting by ...

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