The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books (De architectura)
Artwork Details
- Title: The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books (De architectura)
- Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
- Translator: Translated and illustrated by Joseph Gwilt (British, 1784–1863)
- Illustrator: John Peter Gandy (British, 1787–1850)
- Engraver: John Roffe (British, 1769–1850)
- Engraver: James Carter (British, London 1798–1855)
- Engraver: William Kelsall (British, active 1826–36)
- Engraver: Joseph Wilson Lowry (British, Middlesex 1803–1879 London)
- Engraver: William Woolnoth (British, 1780–1837)
- Engraver: John Roffe (British, 1769–1850)
- Printer: G. Woodfall (London)
- Publisher: Priestly and Weale (London)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1826
- Medium: Illustrations: engraving on chine collé
- Dimensions: 11 1/4 × 7 7/8 × 1 13/16 in. (28.5 × 20 × 4.6 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.241
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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