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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Caesar’s Encampment in Britain

In Gaius Iulius Caesar, The commentaries of Caesar, William Duncan (translator), London: Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson (printer), 1753, No 24

No 24 (24 of 86 in-Urus figures)
No 23
No 25
Details
  • printing: impression
  • etching
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Caesar’s Encampment in Britain (Tonson). Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712)
Actors
  • Jacob (III) Tonson and Richard (II) Tonson printer : 1753
Places
  • London production place : 1753
Design

Caesar’s Encampment in Britain (Tonson). Part of Set of plates for Tonson's Caesar in folio

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Caesar’s Encampment in Britain (Societas Albritiana). Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii (Societas Albritiana 1737)
  • ⇤ Andrea Palladio (printmaker), Caesar’s Encampment in Britain (Franceschi). Part of Set of Palladio's illustrations for Caesar's Gallic War
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Aggressive relationships of C. Julius Caesar (Iconclass: 98B(CAESAR)4)
  • Military camp with tents (Iconclass: 45C41)
Narrative

Caesar's Gallic War (Commentarii de bello Gallico)

Functional context

Corpus Caesarianum (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

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

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-08-27 14:13)

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