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Plans for Staircases
John Wilkes, of Milland House1810/1829
Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States
This plate takes a simple idea, the plan for a staircase, and turns it into a work of art, with each figure taking on its own artistic identity. At quick glance, the figures seem to be components of columns, arches and buildings seen elsewhere in Encyclopaedia Londinensis.
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- Title: Plans for Staircases
- Creator: John Wilkes, of Milland House
- Date: 1810/1829
- Location: London, England
- Publisher: Licensed under Creative Commons by Library of Virginia (CCBY)
- Original Source: Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Vol. II
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