Cah.32. No.3. [Rustic entrance to icehouse, gates, ramp and fountain]
Information
Title
Cah.32. No.3. [Rustic entrance to icehouse, gates, ramp and fountain]
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/14106-3001/32/3
Author or creator
Thoenert, Medardus (1754-1814)
Cartheuser (fl.c.1800)
Role
Engraver
Artist
Date
1797-c.1803
Scope & content
Black and white engraved plate depicting an entrance to an ice house in the shape of a country hut [fig.1], a 'Chinese' gate between two stone pillars [fig.2], two doors for 'pedestrians' [fig.3-4], a double ramp decorated with flower pots leading to a raised terrace [fig.5] and a fountain in a stone basin surrounded by a wooden balustrade raised on two 'grass' steps [fig.6]. The book plate bears the imprints 'Catheuser inv' and 'Thoenert sc'. Hefte 32. Plate 3 of 9. From the publication 'Ideenmagazin. Vol III' by Johann Gotfried Grohmann
Extent
1 item
Is part of
Ideenmagazin von Johann Gottfried Grohmann ... Herausgegeben