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A collection of designs in architecture, containing new plans and elevations of houses, for general use, with a great variety of sections of rooms, from a common room to the most grand and magnificent...

Designer Abraham Swan British
Publisher Robert Sayer British
[1768] (?)
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: A collection of designs in architecture, containing new plans and elevations of houses, for general use, with a great variety of sections of rooms, from a common room to the most grand and magnificent...
  • Designer: Abraham Swan (British, active 1745–68)
  • Publisher: Robert Sayer (British, Sunderland 1725–1794 Bath)
  • Date: [1768] (?)
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 16 13/16 × 10 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. (42.7 × 27.2 × 4 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.37
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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