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This etching is also an ornament print, for the printmaker intended it to be useful as a pattern for other craftsmen and women.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>This is one of the earliest Rococo ornament prints published in England. The asymmetry of the shield and made up of elements in the shape of the letter C and S, and fluted edges suggestive of rocks, trailing flowers and scrolling foliage, are all typical of English Rococo. <br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>This is the sixth plate in a set of six shields. In style all the plates resemble Matthias Lock's own trade card which he himself etched in 1746. He also etched this print himself and signed it 'M. Lock fec'. The letters 'fec' are an abbreviation for the Latin <i>fecit</i> meaning 'made[it]'. Later in his career Lock employed a professional engraver to produce some of his sets of ornament prints.<br><br><b>Trading</b><br>Following Lock's death in 1765, the London print publisher Robert Sayer acquired most of Lock's copper plates and began republishing them. Sayer republished <i>A Book of Shields</i> on 3 February 1768, charging one shilling for the set.  There was still a demand for these plates more than twenty years after the plates were etched.","physicalDescription":"","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Lock, Matthias","id":"A8622"},"association":{"text":"printmaker","id":"AAT25164"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Lock, Matthias","id":"A8622"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"}],"techniques":[{"text":"etching","id":"AAT53241"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Ornament prints","id":"THES49038"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM7099"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"53B (VA)","id":"THES49256"},"free":"","case":"CA2","shelf":"","box":"19"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1746","earliest":"1741-01-01","latest":"1750-12-31"},"association":{"text":"first published","id":"x46563"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"ca. 1746","earliest":"1741-01-01","latest":"1750-12-31"},"association":{"text":"first published","id":"x46563"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"","value":"","unit":"","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Designed and etched in London by Matthias Lock (born in London, about 1710, died there in 1765)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Matthias Lock (after), plate 6 from 'A Book of Shields', London, ca. 1746.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Heckscher, M., \"Lock and Copland: A Catalogue of the Engraved Designs,\" <i>Furniture History</i> 15 (1979) "},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\r\nMatthias Lock, a carver, and Henry Copland, an engraver, developed a distinctively English Rococo style in the 1740s. In their hands Rococo ornament became agitated and angular, often featuring wiry scrolls, spiky leaves and Chinese motifs. This style was popular with engravers and dominated English woodcarving until about 1765.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["29564:122"],"accessionNumberNum":"29564","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN3093","2019LP4226","2019LP1516","2019LU0222"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-29","recordCreationDate":"2003-06-20","availableToBook":false}}