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18th Century

This term has 11,505 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Period
Keyword

Narrower Terms used

18th Century, Early

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Chinoiserie ornament print, with a reclining female figure fishing and a male behind a screen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Canot, Pierre Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

La Mauvaize Péche

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Benazech, Peter Paul
Publisher: Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

Chinoiserie ornament print, with a child and a woman holding a parasol

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Canot, Pierre Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard

Les Voyageurs en Marche

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mason, James
Publisher: Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

L'Eté

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mason, James
Publisher: Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

St Helena kneeling in prayer as men raise the Cross

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Giordano, Luca (After)

The Pearl Capt.n Montague taking L'Esperance

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Peltro, John
Publisher: Harris, John (publisher I)
Painter: Dodd, Robert (After)

Les Amusements Du Printemps

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mason, James
Publisher: Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

Jacob and Laban

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Woollett, William
Draughtsman: Farington, Joseph (After)
Painter: Claude Lorrain (After)

Van Bouc

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard
Publisher: Drevet, Pierre

Sheet of letterpress with title of the series and four columns of text, giving an account of the Spanish invasion, a description of the plates and an explanation of the medals and ornaments in the frames

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Pine, John

View of a cottage with a boy resting on a tree trunk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

Deborah giving instructions to Barak

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Solimena, Francesco (After)

Ornamental design with a man holding a bow and arrow chasing a fantastical bird

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Avril, Jean-Jacques I
Publisher: Basan, Pierre François
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

Equestrian portrait of Philip V of Spain

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Edelinck, Gérard

2d Vüe de Ferme

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

Les Agréments de l'Eté

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Woollett, William
Publisher: Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

The Rural Lovers Les Amans Champêtres

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vivarès, François
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)
Publisher: Vivarès, François

Petit Marine Angloise (plate 2)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Canot, Pierre Charles
Publisher: Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

Plate VIII ('The Spanish fleet is seen sailing up the Channel, intending to stop at Dunkirk or Calais, where they were to be join'd by the Duke of Parma: The English follow them close'')

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pine, John
Publisher: Pine, John
Draughtsman: Lemprière, Clement (After)
Painter: Vroom, Cornelis Hendricksz. (After)

Battle between men and centaurs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Marra, Francesco la
Draughtsman: Solimena, Francesco (After)

Ornamental design with a man spearing a dragon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Avril, Jean-Jacques I
Publisher: Basan, Pierre François
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

A canopy supporting a tent decorated with ribbons and flowers, held at one end by a figure

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Deny, Jeanne
Publisher: Leviez, Charles
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste (After)

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