Plate 17: Idol, from "A New Book of Chinese Designs"
Object type: Book Print Ornament and Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: A New Book of Chinese Designs
Artist: Matthew Darly|George Edwards
Artist bio: British, ca. 1720–1780 London|British, Stratford 1694–1773 Plaistow
Artist role: Artist and publisher|Artist and publisher
Artist nationality: British|British
Date: 1754
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25.6 × 19 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (29.2 × 23.2 cm)
Book: 12 in. × 9 13/16 in. × 1 3/16 in. (30.5 × 25 × 3 cm)
Classification: Ornament & Architecture|Books|Prints
Geography:  London     
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931