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The Copper Plate Magazine; or, Monthly Treasure, for the Admirers of the Imitative Arts
Engraved by: William Watts (English, 1752–1851)
Engraved by: Thomas Cook (English, 1744–1818)
Engraved by: Thomas Ryder, Sr. (English, 1746–1810)
Engraved by: William Sharp (English, 1749–1824)
Engraved by: Joseph Collyer (English, 1748–1827)
Engraved by: W. Smart (English, 18th century)
Engraved by: Robert Pollard (English, 1755–1838)
Engraved by: William Walker (English, 1725–1793)
Engraved by: John Hall (English, 1739–1797)
Engraved by: Charles Grignion (English, 1717–1810)
Engraved by: James Roberts (English, died in 1799)
Engraved by: Edward Rooker (English, 1711–1774)
Engraved by: Michael Angelo Rooker (English, 1746–1801)
Engraved by: Benjamin Green (English, 1736–1800)
After: Paul Sandby (English, 1731–1809)
After: Sir Godfrey Kneller (English, 1646–1723)
After: Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727–1788)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
After: Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602–1674)
After: Edward Edwards (English, 1738–1806)
After: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
After: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
After: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Publisher: George Kearsly (English, died in 1790)
Engraved by: Thomas Cook (English, 1744–1818)
Engraved by: Thomas Ryder, Sr. (English, 1746–1810)
Engraved by: William Sharp (English, 1749–1824)
Engraved by: Joseph Collyer (English, 1748–1827)
Engraved by: W. Smart (English, 18th century)
Engraved by: Robert Pollard (English, 1755–1838)
Engraved by: William Walker (English, 1725–1793)
Engraved by: John Hall (English, 1739–1797)
Engraved by: Charles Grignion (English, 1717–1810)
Engraved by: James Roberts (English, died in 1799)
Engraved by: Edward Rooker (English, 1711–1774)
Engraved by: Michael Angelo Rooker (English, 1746–1801)
Engraved by: Benjamin Green (English, 1736–1800)
After: Paul Sandby (English, 1731–1809)
After: Sir Godfrey Kneller (English, 1646–1723)
After: Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727–1788)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
After: Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602–1674)
After: Edward Edwards (English, 1738–1806)
After: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
After: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
After: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Publisher: George Kearsly (English, died in 1790)
1778
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 127 engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 28.5 x 22 x 5.2 cm (11 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2362
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: G. Kearsly, 1778
Description(London: G. Kearsly, 1778) Quarto; engraved title and 127 leaves, plus 126 plates; contemporary mottled calf [rebacked]
Engraved title; portraits, topographic views, literary illustrations
Originally published in parts from 1774 to 1778; this compilation contains all issues (see note on last leaf, "Directions to the Binder," concerning the substitution of the engraved title for the letterpress one, and the directions to assemble the various types of illustration in groups. The illustrations are divided roughly into figures from English (and French) history and literature (42 portraits), illustrations to literature, primarily Ovid and Telemachus (41 plates), and topographical views of England, almost all of them after Sandby.
Engraved title; portraits, topographic views, literary illustrations
Originally published in parts from 1774 to 1778; this compilation contains all issues (see note on last leaf, "Directions to the Binder," concerning the substitution of the engraved title for the letterpress one, and the directions to assemble the various types of illustration in groups. The illustrations are divided roughly into figures from English (and French) history and literature (42 portraits), illustrations to literature, primarily Ovid and Telemachus (41 plates), and topographical views of England, almost all of them after Sandby.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1917 from Goodspeed's Bookshop, Boston, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.