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British coins
Title
British coins [graphic] / Smirke, R.A. del. ; Milton sculp.
Publication
London : Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, July 1796.
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 48 x 33 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from text in image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate in: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834 Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England. London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812. Plate [5]
Provenance
Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Summary
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; diagram showing rectos and versos of nineteen British coins, on a sheet hanging in the branches of a tree, before which a druid is seated, cloaked and reading from a scroll with sickle beside him, Stonehenge in the background at left."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Title from Catalogue: Early British coins
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 10, 2012
Genre/Form
Engravings - England - London - 1796.
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