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The port-folio : a collection of engravings from antiquarian, architectural, & topographical subjects, curious works of art, &c. &c. with descriptions

Storer, James, 1771-1853, engraver, Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837 · 1823 · London : Nornaville & Fell, New Bond Street : and Sherwood, Jones, & Co., Paternoster Row · 13 pictures

The Port-Folio is an 1823 London collection of topographical and antiquarian engravings with descriptions, made by James Storer and H. S. Storer and published by Nornaville & Fell with Sherwood, Jones, & Co. for antiquarian and architectural readers. Its plates are small, precise steel or copper engravings of English castles, streets, churches and gateways, with clean outlines, dense hatching and sky rendered in soft grey tone, useful to designers studying crisp architectural line work and vintage topographic views.

Engraving, English

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