Album with designs for ornaments
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Album with 62 prints and one title page printed on 63 leaves. The album contains designs for various ornaments by Jean Bernard Honoré Turreau. These designs were printed by various artists including Honoré Blanc and Charles Nicolas Cochin I. The album includes among others the series "Livre de cartouches", "Desseins a plusieurs usages", "Nouveau Livre de Vases", "Trophées Nouvellement Inventés" and "Dessein de Tombeaux". At the back of the album is the series "Masks and other ornaments", a reissue of nine prints published by Francis Noble in 1745 in London. This series originally consisted of two series but Noble numbered them from 1 to 9 and published them as one series. The album also contains a copy by Gerrit Visscher. This album contains many of the same series as album RP-P-1964-12A. Some of the prints are bound in, others are pasted onto the album leaves. Furthermore, the prints are bound into the album with strips of paper.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description