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Print 1932-108
Blenheim House
Print 1932-108

Blenheim House

Date1745
Artist/Maker Fourdrinier
Artist/Maker John Bowles (1701 - 1779)
Artist/Maker John Maurer (fl. 1713 - 1761)
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color
DimensionsOH: 9 5/8" x OW: 16"; plate: H: 9 3/8" X W: 15 5/8" (trimmed to the margins)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1932-108
DescriptionLower margin: "Maurer delin./ Published according to Act of Parliament 18 June, 1745/ Fourdriniers Sculp./ Blenheim House./ Erected at the Publick Expence in Commemoration of the Victory at Blenheim, and/ setled on the Great Duke of Marlborough and his Descendents for ever/ Le Chateau de Blenheim/ Erigé au depense Public en Commemoration de la Victoire a Blenheim,/ et constitué syr k'auguste Duc de Marlborough et ses Heritiers a jamais./ Printed for John Bowles at y.e Black Horse, Cornhill"