"A Gamekeeper's Lodge"

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1821

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-U-3

GUSN

GUSN-358595

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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 Gamekeeper's Lodge," the aquatint depicts a gamekeeper's lodge with a rounded roof and intersecting hip. In the foreground, a stone fence can be seen. Trees and fields are seen in the background. Underneath the title, the following is printed: "No. 62, of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & Pub.d Feby 1 1821." In the top left corner of the recto, the following is typed: "Plate 7." The volume number is no longer legible.

Details

Descriptive Terms

aquatints (prints)
gardens
nature prints
periodicals
lodges (temporary residences)
lodges (caretakers' houses)
stonework
fences
trees
fields (land)
shrubs
hip roofs
aquatints (prints)

Inscription

No. 62, of R. ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY of ARTS & Pub.d Feby 11 1821. (typed)
Plate 7, Vol. (printed)

Physical Descrption

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

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

2016

Reference Code

GC002.03.7800.005

Acqusition Type

Gift

Date Notes

1821 February 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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