Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography, and Engraving in Copper: with an Enumeration of the Most Renowned Masters and their Works.... The Second [i.e., Third] Edition
Engraved by: Thomas Worlidge (English, 1700–1766)
Engraved by: Richard Houston (English, about 1721–1775)
After: Prince Rupert (German, 1619–1682)
Author: John Evelyn (English, 1620–1706)
Publisher: John Murray (English, 1737–1793)
Engraved by: Richard Houston (English, about 1721–1775)
After: Prince Rupert (German, 1619–1682)
Author: John Evelyn (English, 1620–1706)
Publisher: John Murray (English, 1737–1793)
1769
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one etching and one mezzotint
Dimensions
Overall: 18.3 x 12.5 x 2 cm (7 3/16 x 4 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR245
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: J. Murray, 1769
Catalogue Raisonné
Levis, Descriptive Bibliography...Engraving, pp. 30-32, no. XV
Description(London: J. Murray, 1769) Octavo; 90 leaves, plus two plates; contemporary brown calf (rebacked).
Frontispiece portrait of Evelyn; copy of Prince Rupert's mezzotint of the executioner
Frontispiece portrait of Evelyn; copy of Prince Rupert's mezzotint of the executioner
ProvenanceOswald Weigel Antiquariat, Leipzig (stamp); Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first curator of prints, MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.