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A Collection of Prints Engraved After the Most Capital Paintings in England, With A Description of Each Picture in English and French, and also Some Account of the Lives of the Painters by Benjamin Ralph [pages of text only from Vols. I and II]

Publisher John Boydell British
Author Benjamin Ralph British
1769–72
Not on view
Pages of printed text from two volumes printed at different dates. Here in a 19th century binding of decorated paper over boards with leather corners and spine in poor condition. There are no engraved images.


From vol. I (1769) [no title page]: half title page [trimmed]; Preface; A List of Prints contained in the First Volume [in English and French]. Pages 1-29: A Description of the Several Pictures from which the Prints in this Work have been Engraved, And Also Some Account of the Lives of the Painters by Benjamin Ralph [in English and French]; List of Subscribers.

From vol. II (1772): [no title page]: Pages 1-18: A Description of the Several Pictures from which the Prints in this Work have been Engraved, And Also Some Account of the Lives of the Painters by Benjamin Ralph [in English and French].

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  • Title: A Collection of Prints Engraved After the Most Capital Paintings in England, With A Description of Each Picture in English and French, and also Some Account of the Lives of the Painters by Benjamin Ralph [pages of text only from Vols. I and II]
  • Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
  • Author: Benjamin Ralph (British, active 1763–70)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1769–72
  • Medium: Letterpress
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 19 1/8 in. (64.7 × 48.5 cm)
    Binding: 25 7/8 × 19 5/16 in. (65.8 × 49 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry Shaw Newman, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.100.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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