L'Ecole des Armes... (The School of Fencing, with a general explanation of the principal attitudes and positions peculiar to the Art...)

Various artists/makers

1765

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Title: L'Ecole des Armes... (The School of Fencing, with a general explanation of the principal attitudes and positions peculiar to the Art...)
Author: Domenico Angelo (British (born Italy), Livorno 1717–1802 Eton)
Designer: Designed and etched by James Gwim (Irish, Kildare ca. 1700–1769 London)
Etcher: John Hall (British, Wivenhoe, Essex 1739–1797 London)
Etcher: William Wynne Ryland (British, baptized London 1732–1783 London)
Etcher: William Elliot (British, active London, 1727–66)
Etcher: Charles Grignion, I (British, London baptised 1721–1810 London)
Etcher: Chamber (British, active ca. 1765)
Publisher: Samuel Hooper (British, active London, 1771–88)
Published in: London
Date: 1765
Medium: Illustrations: etching
Dimensions: 11 1/2 × 17 3/4 × 7/8 in. (29.2 × 45.1 × 2.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1980, transferred from the Arms & Armor Department
Object Number: 1980.1139.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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