Design for a trade publication titled: "Historical Copies Chronographically Arranged", by R. W. Hume; J. W. Schermerhorn & Co., 14 Bond Street, N. Y.
Robert William Hume|J. W. Schermerhorn and Company
second half 19th century
Medium
Pen and ink, watercolor
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Jessie F. Hume, 1930
Accession Number
30.16.49
About the Artist
Robert William Hume|J. W. Schermerhorn and Company · 1816–1904
Robert William Hume (1816–1904) was a British artist and craftsman who contributed to the documentation of decorative arts and design in nineteenth-century Britain. Working during the Victorian era, Hume was part of a generation of artists and designers who combined artistic skill with antiquarian interests, producing detailed studies and records of historical objects, ornamental patterns, and arc...