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Title page from the Grammar of Ornament
Jones, Owen, 1844, Lithograph
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Title page from the Grammar of Ornament
Title page from the Grammar of Ornament
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Title
Title page from the Grammar of Ornament
Description
The title 'La Alhambra Palais...' is in French bordered by vegetal ornamentation inside a red frame.
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Jones, Owen
Date
1844
Size
45.0 x 31.0 cm
Type
Lithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
This image is the title page of the first volume of Plans, Elevations, Details and Sections of the Alhambra. Owen Jones, as he experimented with printing methods, also became a producer of book covers. The verse belongs to a poem by Victor Hugo, Les Orientales (1829) in which he praises the Alhambra. The pomegranates depicted refer to the city of Granada, as in Spanish, the fruit and the city share the name.
All illustrations in this volume are attributed to Jones and his sometime travelling partner Jules Goury, a Welsh architect who died of Cholera during their six month stay at The Alhambra.
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Travel to Perfection: Owen Jones and The Alhambra
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