Plate 15: Temple, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Etched and published by Matthias Darly British
Artist and publisher George Edwards British
Not on view
Fifteenth plate of 'A New Book of Chinese Designs', consisting of a title page, index, and 120 plates, etched and published in 1754 by the British caricaturist, printseller and ornamental engraver Matthew Darly, in collaboration with George Edwards. The book consists of a variety of ornamental and costume designs of Chinese inspiration, some of them copies of the original works (including the title).
This plate consists of a design for a temple, with an entryway on the center and two windows on the sides, with abstract geometric patterns. There are rocks on the ground, and the columns, as well as the upper part of the entrance, have bunches of straw. The entrance is flanked above by another window with geometric pattern, above of which is a point made up of scrolling motifs and a small sort of canopy, and to its sides are two terraces with thin rails, on which are three men.
