Detail View: Rylands Collection: Governor Pitts' Brilliant diamond
|
Image Number:
|
JRL0710126dc
|
|
Reference Number:
|
R98838
|
|
Link to Catalogue:
|
|
|
Image Title:
|
Governor Pitts' Brilliant diamond
|
|
Parent Work Title:
|
Museum Britannicum
|
|
Creator:
|
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788
|
|
Creator Role:
|
Author
|
|
Creator:
|
Rymsdyk, Andrew van
|
|
Creator Role:
|
Author
|
|
Date Created:
|
1791
|
|
Publication Details:
|
London: printed for the editor, by J. Moore. And sold by T. Hookham
|
|
Page/Sheet:
|
Tab XXVIII
|
|
Description:
|
Illustration: stages of transformation of a diamond from raw item to cut gemstone.
|
|
Language Code:
|
eng-GB
|
|
Subject:
|
Natural History
|
|
Category of Material:
|
Printed
|
|
Sub-Category:
|
Illustrated works
|
|
Technique Used:
|
Drawing (image-making)
|
|
Support:
|
Paper
|
|
Time Period Covered:
|
18th Century CE
|
|
Item Height:
|
465 mm
|
|
Item Width:
|
268 mm
|
|
Current Repository:
|
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
|
|
Rights Holder - Image:
|
The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Rights holder - Work:
|
The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Notes:
|
The second edition, revised and corrected by P. Boyle
|
|
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
|
2007-07-02
|
|
Image Creation Technique:
|
Digital capture by Gten
|
|
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
|
2007-09
|
|
Metadata Language:
|
eng-GB
|
|
Collection Code:
|
Rylands
|