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Description: | volume inscr outside plate r. c. "XXXI"; inscr on plate in pencil beneath engraver's signature "GS" CRE STRANGE, Robert, Sir; (Scottish; 1721-1792) AFTER RAPHAEL, Raffaello Santi; (Italian; 1483-1520) Raphael's St Cecilia altarpiece in Bologna is a key work. Before Strange engraved it in 1771, it had not been engraved since the early sixteenth century, and Raimondi's engraving (TIB 116) was rare and expensive - and small. The volume was bound by J. Carss & Co., book binders active in Glasgow in the early 19th century, and described by Dibdin as "the favourite bookbinder among the cognoscenti at Glasgow". | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CECILIA : MUSIC : REPRODUCTIVE : RELIGIOUS : SWORD : VIOLON : ANGEL : APOSTLE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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