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Carter, John, 1748-1817
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Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom, from the earliest period to the reign of Henry ye Viii, consisting of statues, bassorelievos, brasses &c. paintings on glass and on walls &c. a description of each subject, some of which by Gentlemen of Leterary abilities, and well versed in the Antiquities of this Kingdom whose names are prefixed to there L. frays. This Work is designed to shew the Rises Progress of Sculpture and Painting in England to explain obscure and doubtful parts of History, and preserve the Portraits of great and eminent Personages. The drawings mad from the original subjects and engrav'd by Iohn Carter.
Carter, John, 1748-1817.Date: November Ye [1780]-87 [1780-94]- Pictures
The counter seal of Saint Bartholomew's Church, London, showing the church in a ship. Engraving by J. Basire after J. Carter, 23 April 1784.
Carter, John, 1748-1817.Date: 23 April 1784Reference: 571778i- Books
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The scotch parents: or, the remarkable case of John Ramble, written by himself, (in the month of February, 1773) Embellished with elegant Copperplates of the singular and uncommon Scenes contained in this Narrative.
Carter, John, 1748-1817.Date: M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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The builder's magazine, and complete architectural library for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. As well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building. Consisting of designs in architecture, in every stile and taste, from the most magnificent and superb structures, down to the most simple and unadorned. Together with the plans, sections, and elevations, serving as an unerring assistant in the construction of any building, from a palace to a cottage. In which will be introduced, grand and elegant designs for chimney-pieces, ceilings, doors, windows, &c. proper for halls, saloons, vestibules, state rooms, dining rooms, parlours, drawing rooms, anti rooms, dressing rooms, bed rooms, &c. Together with designs for churches, hospitals, and other public buildings. Also plans, elevations, and sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste, calculated to embellish parks, gardens, forests, woods, canals, mounts, vistos, islands, extensive views, &c. Exclusive of the new and elegant designs, ample instructions are given in the letter-press concerning all the terms of art used in every branch of building. Also, under proper heads, the laws for the regulation of buildings-the substance of the Builders Act, &c.-and a list of the prices allowed by the most eminent surveyors in London to the several artificers concerned in building. The whole forming a complete system of architecture in all its branches, and so disposed as to render the surveyor, carpenter, bricklayer, mason, &c. equally capable to erect a cathedral, a mansion, a temple, or a rural cot. ... Embellished with upwards of three hundred elegant quarto and folio engravings. By a Society of Architects, each having undertaken the department in which he particularly excels. Revised, corrected, and superintended, by Andrew George Cook, architect and builder.
Carter, John, 1748-1817.Date: [between 1794 and 1817]
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The church of St. Bartholomew the Great: interior view showing the Founder's Tomb. Photograph of a drawing by John Carter c. 1781.
Carter, John, 1748-1817.Reference: 38159i