General
General
Object Auto ID
67687
Alternate Codes
230910
Common Name
Book with Engraving
Classified Name
Local Name
Fifteen Drafts of Guinea by William Smith Surveyor to the Royal African Company of England.
Quantity
1.00
Object Description
The Parliament Collection:
16 pages of original plates (images). The first plate is the frontispiece and 15 numbered plates of sites in Guinea and each with a short descriptive text. Front page shows an elephant with saddle in the shape of a castle.
Provenance
Mendelssohn Bequest 1922
Description
Description
Technique Types
Distinguishing Features
Guinea
Inscriptions
b.c. title and annotations. t.l. frontispiece contains a dedication
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Dimension Comments
16 plates bound in a book.; Sizes of images vary. Paper size 268 x 443 mm
History
History
Object Age Comment
c. 1749
Maker Comment
J. Clark Engraver and Bookseller. SMITH, William
Collector Comment
Engravings in book
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Site Association
Site Association
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