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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 · 26 pictures

The Port-Folio is an 1823 London collection of antiquarian and topographical engravings, produced by engraver James Storer and H. S. Storer with descriptive text for an audience of antiquaries and print collectors. Its pictures are rendered in fine black line engraving, showing English abbeys, castles and a carved doorway, each framed as a small landscape plate that a designer could study for the tonal range and hatching of early topographic prints.

Engraving, English

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