This collection contains prints and artwork dating between the early 16th century-1968, collected by Westfield College. Westfield College was founded in 1882 and merged with Queen Mary University of London in 1989. The collection was acquired by Westfield College Library during the early 1970s, as teaching resources primarily for the History of Art Department.
The collection comprises artwork and prints including etchings, mezzotints, engravings, dry point, lithograph, aquatint, sketches, and paintings. It also includes several anonymous colour prints created by art students in Atelier Popularie [popular studio] in response to the May 1968 student revolution which began in Paris.
Labels on the items are a result of part of the collection being catalogued by a group of postgraduates under the supervision of the Deputy Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. A number of the Westfield Prints were compared with the same print in the British Museum to verify its authenticity and state or edition.
"},{"label":"Description","value":"Title page with etching for the Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, originally published in 1753 and again in 1780. Full title of work: 'Trophies of Octavian Augustus erected to commemorate the victory at Actium and the conquest of Egypt with various other ornaments carefully recovered from the most valuable fragments of ancient Roman buildings, useful to painters, sculptors and architects, drawn and etched by G. B. Piranesi, Venetian architect.' The series on the trophies of Octavian Augustus was completed after extensive archaeological research by Piranesi to document the achievements of Roman antiquity. The series was aimed at painters, sculptors and architects, but the appeal proved to be much wider."},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1753"},{"label":"Title","value":"Title page of Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi"},{"label":"Extent","value":"1 oversized item"},{"label":"Format","value":["Work of art","Image"]},{"label":"Reuse","value":["Contact us by emailing archives@qmul.ac.uk to discuss any use beyond the exceptions permitted under UK copyright law"]}],"description":"Title page of Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qmdigital/iiif/fc02041f-bfcf-4ffa-b1c4-a88baf76b191/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Title page of Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi","height":8417,"width":12048,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qmdigital/iiif/fc02041f-bfcf-4ffa-b1c4-a88baf76b191/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qmdigital/iiif/fc02041f-bfcf-4ffa-b1c4-a88baf76b191","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":2048,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4,8]}]},"height":8417,"width":12048},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qmdigital/iiif/fc02041f-bfcf-4ffa-b1c4-a88baf76b191/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qmdigital/iiif/fc02041f-bfcf-4ffa-b1c4-a88baf76b191/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qmdigital/iiif/fc02041f-bfcf-4ffa-b1c4-a88baf76b191/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qmdigital/iiif/logo"}