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1962

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Print, Plate 18 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Thomas Johnson and engraved by Butler Clowes. It is dated 1756–57 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is etching on cream laid paper, bound in book. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter.

Its dimensions are

27.3 x 38.1 x 47.6 cm (10 3/4 x 15 x 18 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower right: B. Clowes sculp.; lower left: T Johnson invt. delin.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, lower margin: Pubish’d according to Act of Parliamt. 1756.; upper right: Plate 18

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 18 in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs; Designed by Thomas Johnson (English, 1714–1778); Engraved by Butler Clowes; England; etching on cream laid paper, bound in book; 27.3 x 38.1 x 47.6 cm (10 3/4 x 15 x 18 3/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter; 1962-191-7

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