"A Park Entrance"

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1816

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-U-3

GUSN

GUSN-358592

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Description

One matted aquatint from the illustrated British periodical Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and politics, more commonly known as Ackermann's Repository for Art or Ackermann's. Titled "A Park Entrance," the aquatint depicts a metal fence and gate connected by decorated stone gate piers at the entrance of a park. Trees are seen in the background and a path in the foreground leads to the gate. Underneath the title, the following is printed: "No. 12, of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & Pub. Decb 1 1816." In the top left corner of the recto, the following is typed: "Plate 31, Vol. II."

Details

Descriptive Terms

aquatints (prints)
gardens
nature prints
periodicals
gates
gate components
parks (recreation areas)
trees
woods (plant communities)
decorative arts
carvings (visual works)
metal
fences
aquatints (prints)

Inscription

No. 12, of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & Pub. Decb 1 1816. (typed)
Plate 31, Vol. II. (printed)

Physical Descrption

1 aquatint : matted ; 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

2016

Reference Code

GC002.03.7800.002

Acqusition Type

Gift

Date Notes

1816 December 1

Credit Line

Gift of Arleyne A. Levee, 2016

Places

London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)

Record Details

Originator

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 (Lithographer)
Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and politics (Publisher)

Material Type

aquatints (prints)

Other People

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834

Other Organizations

Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and politics

Subjects

Art
Garden
Periodicals

Conservation Note

A piece of acid-free paper was placed between the print and the cutout of the matboard.

Restrictions

Staining to top left corner of print.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-U-3

Language Note

Materials are entirely in English.

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