A New Book of Ornaments-No. 3 Dufours Court near Carnaby Market

Designed and etched by Samuel Alken British

Publisher Isaac Taylor I British

1779

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Title: A New Book of Ornaments-No. 3 Dufours Court near Carnaby Market
Artist: Designed and etched by Samuel Alken (British, London 1756–1815 London)
Publisher: Isaac Taylor I (British, Worcester 1730–1807 Edmonton, Greater London)
Published in: London
Date: 1779
Medium: Illustrations: etching
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.519.133a
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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