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Anecdotes of the arts in England, or, Comparative remarks on architecture, sculpture, and painting, chiefly illustrated by specimens at Oxford

Dallaway, James, 1763-1834, Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802, Davies, William, fl. 1793-1819, Bensley, Thomas, approximately 1760-1835 · 1800 · London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand : T. Bensley, printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street · 1 picture

A 1800 London art-history volume by James Dallaway, published by Cadell and Davies and printed by Bensley, comparing architecture, sculpture and painting through examples at Oxford for an educated reading public. The single picture is a vignette of three seated draped women with a lyre and laurel wreath, set before a view of Oxford's spires and domed building, offering a designer a compact classical emblem in the neoclassical manner for frontispieces, bookplates or heritage-style decoration.

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