Printing plate
copper plate
Engraved Dedication to Joseph Banks
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.7
Artist/Designer/Maker
Fowler, William - Engraver
Production date
c.1803
Material
copper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
height: 259mm
width: 419mm
width: 419mm
Location
Burlington House - Box B
Content description
Printing plate with an engraved dedication to Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
To
The Right Hon.ble SIR JOSEPH BANKS Bart. K.B.
One of his Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council
and PRESIDENT of the ROYAL SOCIETY.
This Work is Respectfully Dedicated
by His much obliged Humble Serv.t
W.m Fowler.
The Right Hon.ble SIR JOSEPH BANKS Bart. K.B.
One of his Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council
and PRESIDENT of the ROYAL SOCIETY.
This Work is Respectfully Dedicated
by His much obliged Humble Serv.t
W.m Fowler.
References
Reference (controlled)
Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
Printing plate with an engraved dedication to Joseph Banks.
This plate prefaced both volumes I and II of Fowler's prints. Volume I was published in 1804 and included 29 etchings of pavements, while volume II was published around 1804 and contained etchings of stained glass.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Stephen Wood FSA.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Mr Stephen Wood FSA.