Plate 1: Frontispiece to Varii Generis Opera Avrifabris Necessaria with title in centre of clasp design flanked by two small ornaments, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I

Details

• Title

  Plate 1: Frontispiece to Varii Generis Opera Avrifabris Necessaria with title in centre of clasp design flanked by two small ornaments, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I

• Artist/maker

  after Paul Birckenhultz (1561 - after 1639) (printmaker)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  1590 - 1610

• Material and technique

  etching on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print;

  visual representation › print › ornament print;

  visual representation › book-illustration › frontispiece

• Dimensions

  sheet 9.3 x 7.2 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.

• Museum location

  Western Art Print Room

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1915.84.3.3

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