Descriptive catalogue of the loan collection of pictures
A descriptive catalogue of pictures lent to the Art Gallery of the Corporation of London, compiled by A. G. Temple and published in London by the Gallery in 1894 for visitors and collectors of European painting. The pictures here are black-and-white decorative ornaments: symmetrical cartouches, scrolled brackets and triangular corner pieces built from acanthus leaves, volutes, ivy sprigs and ribbon-tied wreaths, drawn in crisp line with dense hatching. A designer could borrow their symmetrical frames, scroll motifs and hatched shading for historical borders, title panels or corner ornaments.
