Dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort The Arts Connected with Architecture illustrated by examples in Central Italy from the 13th. to the 15th. Century by J.B. Waring
Arts Connected with Architecture illustrated by examples in Central Italy from the 13th. to the 15th. Century
Examples Of Stained Glass, Fresco Ornament, Marble And Enamel Inlay, And Wood Inlay
Imprint
Lithographed and Published by Vincent Brooks King Street, Covent Garden, London.: MDCCCLVIII.
Physical Description
iv, 29, [1] p., t.pl., engr. dedic., 41 pl.; 501 mm.
Contents
[T.pl., t.p., engr. dedic.] - Contents - Introduction - [Text, with colophon and plates].
Responsibility Note
The title-plate and engraved dedication are unsigned. All numbered plates are signed as drawn by J.B. Waring and lithographed by Vincent Brooks, apart from pl. 21, which is signed as drawn by J. Lockyer and lithographed by Vincent Brooks, and pl. 38, which is signed as drawn and lithographed by J.B. Waring and printed by Vincent Brooks.
The printer is named in the colophon: 'Printed By John Edward Taylor, Little Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields.'
The work is dedicated by J.B. Waring to the Prince Consort.
References
High Victorian Design, ed. S. Jervis [exhibition catalogue] (1994).
Summary Note
The title given here is taken from the title-plate. A title variant appears on the title-page: 'Examples Of Stained Glass, Fresco Ornament, Marble And Enamel Inlay, And Wood Inlay.' The plates show: 1-8 Stained glass in Florence, Lucca, Arezzo; 9-16 Frescoes in Pisa, Siena, Florence; 17-21 Marquetry in Siena, Pisa, Assisi, Orvieto; 22-41 Marble and enamel inlay in Florence, Pisa, Siena, Pistoia. All are lithographs printed in colour.
Provenance
Ordered to be purchased for £6 6s. in 1859 (RA Council Minutes, XI, 310, 9 July 1859). However a copy is also recorded as having been presented by the author in 1867 (see RA Annual Report, p. 26).
Binding Note
19th-century half red morocco, red watered-cloth-covered boards, upper cover and spine lettered 'The Arts Connected With Architecture In Central Italy. J.B. Waring'.
Subject
Architecture details - Stained glass - Paintings - Frescoes - Marquetry - Inlays - Pavements - Church decoration and ornament - Italy - Tuscany - Umbria - History - 13th century - 14th century - 15th century - Gothic - Renaissance
Art history - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Colour printing - Chromolithographs - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century