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Basire, James, 1730-1802

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  • A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.
  • Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.
  • A man from Tierra del Fuego encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • St Margaret's Westminster: the east window. Engraving by J. Basire, 1768.
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Catalogue

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    Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

    Stuart, James, 1713-1788. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189090i
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    Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

    Stuart, James, 1713-1788. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189092i
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    Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

    Stuart, James, 1713-1788. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189094i
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    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 1784 | Reference: 571778i
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    St Margaret's Westminster: the east window. Engraving by J. Basire, 1768.

    Basire, James, 1730-1802. | Date: MDCCLXVIII [1768] | Reference: 2498922i
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