A Chronological Chart of British Nobility/Engraved to accompany and illustrate/a work on/British Family Antiquity by William Playfair Esq/1808
William Playfair (1759-1823)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1808
Materials
wood, gilt, canvas & paper
Measurements
1020 x 860 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286826.1
Summary
One of two charts printed on canvas-backed paper, a half-rod of ebonised wood top and bottom with turned gilt terminals. The chart is entitled 'A Chronological Chart of British Nobility/Engraved to accompany and illustrate/a work on/British Family Antiquity by William Playfair Esq/1808'. The horizontal bars representing English Earls, Marquesses and Dukes are given historical length on a horizontal scale of kings' reigns. b.) Similar chart with similar layout entitled 'A Newly invented chart of British Nobility' also dated 1808, listing Barons and Viscounts.
Marks and inscriptions
A Chronological Chart of British Nobility/Engraved to accompany and illustrate/a work on/British Family Antiquity by William Playfair Esq/1808
Makers and roles
William Playfair (1759-1823)