La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, . avec des portraits gravés en taille-douce, ... par M. J.B. Descamps ...
Jean-Baptiste Descamps (Dunkirk 1714 - Rouen 1791)
Category
Books
Date
1753 - 1763
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3040500
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v., plates . ill.., ports.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Eighteenth-century inscriptions on pastedowns: "Bagot. Blithfield" [i.e. William, 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798) of Blithfield, Staffordshire] Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full tree calf over boards; gilt fillets; red and green spine labels; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste Descamps (Dunkirk 1714 - Rouen 1791)