Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 26540
The Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough
Book
Marlborough, G.S. (1870) The Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough. London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 118 pp.
Sinkankas/Born No.: 6378; NIB | RWHL
gems, glyptic, engraved gems, cameo, intaglio
Sinkankas: This is a careful catalog of the large and fine Marlborough collection, numbering 739 specimens. The lengthy introduction ... traces the history of the collection and includes information on members of the family responsible for acquisition of various gems, the collections from which they were obtained, previous catalogs and written lists of this and other collections ..."