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Book of Ornament
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Three vignettes, including two of flowers from Book of Ornament (No. 2)
Book of Ornament
After: Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808)
Etched and colored by: Cornelis Heinrich Hemerich (German, active in England, 1750–1800)
Printer and Publisher: Robert Sayer (English, 1725–1794)
Etched and colored by: Cornelis Heinrich Hemerich (German, active in England, 1750–1800)
Printer and Publisher: Robert Sayer (English, 1725–1794)
1750–94
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
Platemark: 17.4 x 26.7 cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 18.8 x 27.6 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 18.8 x 27.6 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.1257.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionEtching hand colored in brush and transparent watercolor
Signed
In plate lower center: Hemerich Sc:
InscriptionsIn plate lower center: London, printed for Robt. Sayer Print & Map Seller. opposite Fetter Lane Fleet street.
In plate lower left: Pillement Invt.
In plate upper right: 2
In plate lower left: Pillement Invt.
In plate upper right: 2
ProvenanceG. Mathias; from whom purchased by MFA, July 1930.