Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) : twelve coloured reproductions from the original paintings on vellum / with an introduction and descriptive text by Wilfrid Blunt.
Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708 - 1770)
Category
Books
Date
1953
Materials
Place of origin
Guildford
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3100972
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8] p., 12 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; fol. Provenance: Pencil inscription: "Huttleston from Henry. Christmas 1953. Anglesey Abbey" [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from his brother, Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half green morocco, green cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'G.D. Ehret 1708-1770'; gilt textblock edges. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London'.
Makers and roles
Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708 - 1770), artist Wilfred Blunt (1901-1987), author