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Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850, British, Specimens of Rocks. Proof of an Illustration for Wright's 'Globe Prepared for Man', after 1850
- Title:
Specimens of Rocks. Proof of an Illustration for Wright's 'Globe Prepared for Man'.
- Part Of:
- Date:
- after 1850
- Medium:
- Aquatint, etching and color woodcut on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 5/16 × 4 13/16 inches (18.5 × 12.3 cm), Image: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16 inches (14 × 7.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on mount, on front, lower right: "B + B | E / g / G / 3oz | Book Illustration"
Lettered, in black ink, first row: "Grey Granite Red Granite Chap 3"; second row, "Gneiss Mica/Slate Page 34"; third row: "Specimens | of Old & New Red Sandstones | Series Pages | 83 | & | 124"; fourth row: "Layers of Iras, resting upon upheaved Chap 16"; fifth row: "Mountain Limestone, Glamorganshire."; lower center: "SPECIMENS OF ROCKS."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10700
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- geology | gneiss | granite | gray | landscape | limestone | men | mica | red | rocks (landforms) | sandstone | sitting | slate | specimens | still life | stones
- Associated Places:
- Glamorgan | United Kingdom | Wales
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:28928
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