Essays on Gothic Architecture

Multiple artists/makers

1802

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Title: Essays on Gothic Architecture
Author: Thomas Warton (British, Basingstoke, Hampshire 1728–1790 Trinity College, Oxford)
Author: James Bentham (British, Ely 1708–1794 Ely)
Author: Francis Grose (British, London 1731–1791 Dublin)
Author: John Milner (British, 1752–1826)
Publisher: J. Taylor (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1802
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 9 3/16 × 5 13/16 × 13/16 in. (23.4 × 14.7 × 2 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Object Number: 41.73.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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