The Artist's repository; or, Encyclopedia of the fine arts
The Artist's Repository, or Encyclopedia of the Fine Arts is a 1813 London reference work compiled by the engraver and publisher Charles Taylor, aimed at artists and students of drawing. Its plates show classical architectural orders, with the Doric, Ionic and Tuscan capitals, cornices and bases drawn as clean line engravings in grey wash on pale paper, and a front elevation of a columned temple. A designer could take from them the precise profiles and proportions of classical mouldings, useful for lettering, logo ornament and stylised column motifs.
