Weights and measures

Made:: 1805 in London

maker:: William Henry Pyne

Aquatint, coloured, weights and measures. By and after W.H

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Aquatint, coloured, weights and measures. By and after W.H
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Aquatint, coloured, weights and measures. By and after W.H. Pyne. [1805]. trimmed to 28x26cm. Depicting inspectors, scales and weights tripod. [The first systematic inspection system with salaried officers, 1795]. In frame 40.5x36x1.5cm

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1982-579

Materials:: aquatint and paper

Measurements:: overall: 280 x 260 mm

type:: print

credit:: Grosvenor Prints

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