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Precepts for Designs in Landscape
1818
Frederick Christian Lewis (Artist) English, 1779-1856 John Varley (Artist) English, 1778-1842 John Varley (Publisher) English, 1778-1842
Aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper
Sheet: 12 × 16 1/2 inches (30.5 × 41.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of C. Edmund Delbos
47.348
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, top edge of image: PRECEPTS FOR DESIGNS IN LANDSCAPE. Inscribed, upper right: PLATE II Inscribed, lower left: J. Varley Fecit Inscribed, lower center: London, Published Jany. 1, 1818 as the act dirts. by J. Varley No. 10, Great Titchfield Street, Oxford Street, late of Conduit Street. Inscribed, bottom margin: [divided into nine segments each of which is numbered according to one of the nine corresponding images on the page and containing a small text on each of the images]
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1947-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Frederick Christian Lewis; after John Varley, Precepts for Designs in Landscape, 1818, aquatint printed in brown ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of C. Edmund Delbos, 47.348.
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