A Marble Vase in the British Museum. Moses c1844.

by Moses, Henry

Small antique print of Henry Moses Vase engraving.

This engraving was published for A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterea, Tripods, Candelabra and Sarcophagi, from various Museums and Collections by Henry Moses. London, 1844 (with later colour).

Of all antiquities, Vases have provided the most admiration because of their variety, elegance of form, unusual designs, and beauty of the compositions that adorn them. To this is added the interesting information about life and beliefs in the period represented by those compositions. 

Henry Moses further considered that “The study of the unrivalled works of the ancients is essential to the establishment of good taste and correct judgement, and has laid the foundation of those excellencies which have given celebrity to all the distinguished artists of modern times. Many of the most admirable productions of antiquity are however inaccessible to students, whose limited income will not allow of their travelling to see them;… I therefore conceived that I should perform an acceptable service to the lovers and professors of the Arts, if I were to select from various Museums, Collections, and Cabinets, such of the most esteemed monuments of ancient times, as would tend to improve the judgement, and refine the taste of the Student.”

Page size is approximately 240 x 175mm (9.5 x 7 inches). To intaglio plate mark measures 14 x 10mm (5.5 x 4 inches).
The price is reduced as there is a conservation-repaired tear from the left edge of the page. It is only in the margin area so would not show when framed.