The Marlborough Gems

The Marlborough Gems
Author: John Boardman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2009-10-29
Genre: Art
ISBN:

A publication, richly illustrated in colour, of an important and hitherto virtually unknown collection of engraved gems and their mounts, from ancient Greek and Roman, through Renaissance, to neo-classical in style and date, with studies of their subjects and collecting.

Natter's Museum Britannicum: British Gem Collections and Collectors of the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Natter's Museum Britannicum: British Gem Collections and Collectors of the Mid-Eighteenth Century
Author: John Boardman
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781789698107

This book presents the first comprehensive publication of Lorenz Natter's (1705- 1763) Museum Britannicum, offering full discussion in English and presenting Natter's drawings and comments alongside modern information on the ancient and later engraved gems that can be identified and located through fresh research.