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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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British Pict Woman

In Gaius Iulius Caesar, The commentaries of Caesar, William Duncan (translator), London: Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson (printer), 1753, No 28

No 28 (28 of 86 in-Urus figures)
No 27
No 29
Details
  • printing: impression
  • etching
  • engraving
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Andries van Buysen (printmaker), British Pict Woman (Tonson). Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712)
Actors
  • Andries van Buysen (ca 1674 - 1747 : fl. 1698 - 1747) printmaker : 1703 - 1712
  • Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson printer : 1753
Places
  • London production place : 1753
Design

Andries van Buysen (printmaker), British Pict Woman (Tonson). Part of Set of plates for Clarke's edition of Caesar's works (Tonson 1712)

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Michael van der Gucht (printmaker), Ancient Britons
  • ⇥ Map of Britain and British Peoples (Societas Albritiana). Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana)
  • ⇤ Theodor de Bry (printmaker), Pictish woman. Part of De Bry's set of Picts
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Picts (Iconclass: 32B2(PICTS))
Narrative

Caesar's Gallic War (Commentarii de bello Gallico)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

References
Web resources
  • digital copy - microfilm (InternetArchive)
Credits
Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-01-05 15:51)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-08-26 07:06)

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