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Currently, the working pages on this site can be found on the “EXPLORE” AND “Catalogues” pages.

  • EXPLORE – Search by text and image match the “Catalgoue of Impressions of One Hundred Gems” by Marchant, 1792
    • Master Index – A comparative spreadsheet comparing the entries about Marchant’s 100 gems as found in his 1792 Catalogue, in the Raspe-Tassie Catalogue of 1791, and The Gertrude Seidmann article in the Walpole Journal, 1987.
  • Catalogues – PDF copies of two Catalogues

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1792 Catalogue Description

From a bust the breast of which terminates in the flower Lotus omitted in this Intaglio. This bust was formerly in the Laurenzano Palace at Naples and is now in the possession of Charles Townley Esq.

Material

Sardonyx
Gem Type

Original Owner

JOHN CAMPBELL, Esq.

To view a copy of the entry for this imprssion in the original catalogue CLICK HERE.