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The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated by James Stuart, F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett, Painters and Architects

1762, 1787 [additions 1834]
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  • Title: The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated by James Stuart, F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett, Painters and Architects
  • Author: James Stuart (British, London 1713–1788 London)
  • Author: Nicholas Revett (British, Brandeston Hall, Suffolk 1720–1804 London)
  • Illustrator: George Dance (British, London 1741–1825 London)
  • Illustrator: Thomas Leverton Donaldson (British, London 1795–1885)
  • Illustrator: Henry William Inwood (British, 1794–1834)
  • Illustrator: William Kinnaird (British, active 1827–30)
  • Illustrator: William Pars (British, London 1742–1782 Rome)
  • Illustrator: Proven (British (?), active Rome, early 19th century)
  • Illustrator: Allan Ramsay (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1713–1784 Dover)
  • Illustrator: Charles Reuben Ryley (British, London ca. 1752–1798 London)
  • Artist and engraver: Charles Knight I (British, 1743–ca. 1826)
  • Engraver: François Germain Aliamet (French, Abbeville 1734–1790 London)
  • Engraver: William Barnard (British, London 1774–1837)
  • Engraver: James Basire, the elder (British, London 1730–1802 London)
  • Engraver: John Cary (British, ca. 1754–1835)
  • Engraver: John Couse (British, active 1753–64)
  • Engraver: William Daniell (British, 1769–1837 London)
  • Engraver: William Camden Edwards (British, Monmouthshire, Wales 1777–1855 Bungay, Suffolk)
  • Engraver: Paul Fourdrinier (French, Groningen 1698–1758 London)
  • Engraver: James Green (British, ca. 1755–1800)
  • Engraver: Charles Grignion, I (British, London baptised 1721–1810 London)
  • Engraver: John Hall (British, Wivenhoe, Essex 1739–1797 London)
  • Engraver: Daniel Lerpinière (British, London ca. 1740–1785 London)
  • Engraver: H. Mathews (British, active early 19th century)
  • Engraver: Henry Moses (British, London 1781/82–1870 Cowley, Middlesex)
  • Engraver: James Newton (British, London 1748–ca. 1804)
  • Engraver: John Roffe (British, 1769–1850)
  • Engraver: Edward Rooker (British, London 1711–1774 London)
  • Engraver: William Sharp (British, London 1749–1824 London)
  • Engraver: William Skelton (British, London 1763–1848 London)
  • Engraver: Samuel S. Smith (British, London? 1810–1879 London)
  • Engraver: Robert Strange (British, Orkney, Scotland 1721–1792 London)
  • Engraver: John Thornthwaite (British, born London, ca. 1740, active 1771–95)
  • Engraver: Anthony Walker (British, Thirsk, Yorkshire, 1726–1765 London)
  • Printer: John Haberkorn (German, active London 1754–67) (vol. I)
  • Printer: Vol. II John Nichols (British, 1745–1826)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1762, 1787 [additions 1834]
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving and etching with watercolor and graphite
  • Dimensions: 21 5/8 x 15 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (55 x 39 x 7.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.66.133
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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