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The Artist's Repository, or Encyclopedia of Fine Arts

Publisher Charles Taylor British
1813
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  • Title: The Artist's Repository, or Encyclopedia of Fine Arts
  • Publisher: Charles Taylor (British, Shenfield, Essex 1756–1823 London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1813
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching, engraving and stipple, printed in brown ink
  • Dimensions: 11 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (29.3 × 23 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
  • Object Number: 35.5.7(5)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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