A collection of fifty prints from antique gems in the collections of the Right Honourable Earl Percy, the Honourable C.F. Greville, and T.M. Slade, esquire
A 1785 London print portfolio by engraver John Spilsbury, published by John Boydell, reproducing fifty antique gems from the cabinets of Earl Percy, C.F. Greville and T.M. Slade for collectors and antiquarians. Each plate centres a small oval intaglio in stipple and etched tone, figures modelled pale against dark grounds, with engraved caption lines and wide blank margins usable as vignettes, seals or medallion frames.
