First Book, Containing Imitations of Drawings of Fashionable Carriages

Designer Designed and etched by Rudolph Ackermann, London British

Publisher Published and aquatinted by Joseph Constantine Stadler German

January 1, 1791

Not on view

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Title: First Book, Containing Imitations of Drawings of Fashionable Carriages
Designer: Designed and etched by Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
Publisher: Published and aquatinted by Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, active London, 1780–1822)
Published in: London
Date: January 1, 1791
Medium: Illustrations: hand-colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions: plate: 5 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (14 x 24.5 cm)
sheet: 9 5/16 x 12 13/16 in. (23.7 x 32.6 cm)
Overall: 10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (26.5 x 36.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Object Number: 37.83.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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