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Print (Aquatint, Hand-Coloured) of the Library of All Souls College, Oxford, by John Bluck, after Auguste Pugin, Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1814

Inventory Number 14307


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14307

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased.
Primary inscriptions
"A. Pugin del.t", "J. Bluck sculp.t" and "LIBRARY of ALL SOULS COLLEGE. / London Pub..d 1 June 1814, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford"
Physical material
Paper
Physical technique
Aquatint
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 451mm Width: 400mm
Inventory No
14307
Accession Number
2002-16

Description

Shows orrery, lodestone and single globe with suspended dust cover (viewpoint obscures second globe).

John Bluck made a number of aquatint engravings in collaboration with the French architectural artist Auguste Pugin (father of the architect Pugin).