A description of the Earl of Pembroke's pictures
A 1731 Westminster catalogue by Carlo Gambarini, conte, describing the paintings collection of Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, at Wilton House, written for connoisseurs and collectors of art. The pictures are small woodcut-style printer's ornaments: a crowned cartouche with a sunburst medallion, a frieze of scrolls framing portrait busts, and a square initial T flanked by birds, all carved with dense black-and-white line work that a designer could adapt for decorative borders, headers, and monograms.
