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Print, Design for a Mantel in the Chinese Taste, plate 36, 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 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is engraving on paper. 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
24.9 x 17.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
It is signed
Signed in plate, lower left: T Johnson inv del; lower right: B. Clowes sculp.
It is inscribed
Inscribed in plate, upper left: 36.; lower center: Publishing according to Act of Parliament 1756
Cite this object as
Print, Design for a Mantel in the Chinese Taste, plate 36, in One Hundred and Fifty New Designs; Designed by Thomas Johnson (English, 1714–1778); Engraved by Butler Clowes; England; engraving on paper; 24.9 x 17.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Agnes Miles Carpenter; 1962-191-15
