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Marchant’s 100 Gem Catalogue Update: Putting Faces to Names

Marchant’s 100 Gem Catalogue Update: Putting Faces to Names

by dongeej | Sep 4, 2023 | Marchant

In 1792, not too long after his 16 year stint in Rome, Nathaniel Marchant published a catalogue listing 100 impressions of gems he had engraved, which together with a set of the impressions, was made available by subscription.  The catalogue listing was by subject or...
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