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Gem engraving in Britain from antiquity to the present : with a catalogue of the British engraved gems in The State Hermitage Museum. Studies in Gems and Jewellery. Vol. V.
Kagan, Julia: Gem engraving in Britain from antiquity to the present : with a catalogue of the British engraved gems in The State Hermitage Museum. Oxford: The Beazley Archive & Archaeopress, 2010. Series: Studies in Gems and Jewellery. Vol. V. 496pp with colour and monochrome illustrations. Cloth. 31x21.5cms. The culmination of a life-time of scholarship, mostly inspired by the Brown brothers, eighteenth-century English carvers who worked for Catherine the Great, this book traces the history of gem engraving in Britain from antiquity to the present day focusing on engravers, patrons and collections with particular focus on workshops and individuals. With a complete catalogue of the British engraved gems in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, the largest collection of this type in the world.
The culmination of a life-time of scholarship, mostly inspired by the Brown brothers, eighteenth-century English carvers who worked for Catherine the Great, this book traces the history of gem engraving in Britain from antiquity to the present day focusing on engravers, patrons and collections with particular focus on workshops and individuals. With a complete catalogue of the British engraved gems in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, the largest collection of this type in the world. Text in English
British engraved gems 14th-20th centuries catalogue of the collection : The State Hermitage Museum
Kagan, Julia: British engraved gems 14th-20th centuries catalogue of the collection : The State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg: 2015. 276 pages, fully illustrated in colour. Hardback. 22 x 27cms. Features the full Hermitage collection of cameos and intaglios made by British artists in the 14th-20th centuries. The collection includes 345 works, many of which were acquired by Empress Catherine II. It includes works attributed to Richard Atsill, Nicolas Hilliard, Thomas Rawlins, Tomas Simon, Edward Burch, Nathaniel Marchant, and William and Charles Brown, as well as copies and imitation gems. Text in Russian.
Features the full Hermitage collection of cameos and intaglios made by British artists XIV-XX centuries. The collection includes 345 works, many of which were acquired by Empress Catherine II. Includes works attributed to Richard Atsill, Nicolas Hilliard, Thomas Rawlins, Tomas Simon, Edward Burch, N Nathaniel Marchant, and William and Charles Brown, as well as copies and imitation gems. Text in Russian & English
Boardman, Sir John : Julia Kagan : Claudia Wagner & Catherine Phillips
Reference : 117073
(2017)
ISBN : 9781784917272
Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century
Boardman, Sir John : Julia Kagan : Claudia Wagner & Catherine Phillips: Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017. iv, 304 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Hard cover. 29 x 21cms. Ex libris Professor Sir John Boardman, the book illustrates Lorenz Natter's 'Museum Britannicum', an 18th century catalogue of drawings and descriptions of ancient and later engraved gems in British collections. Natter's archive was thought to be lost until it was discovered by Oleg Neverov in the 1970s. The work presents Natter's drawings and comments alongside modern information on the gems and where possible colour photographs of the objects.
Ex libris Professor Sir John Boardman, the book illustrates Lorenz Natter's 'Museum Britannicum', an 18th century catalogue of drawings and descriptions of ancient and later engraved gems in British collections. Natter's archive was thought to be lost until it was discovered by Oleg Neverov in the 1970s. The work presents Natter's drawings and comments alongside modern information on the gems and where possible colour photographs of the objects.
