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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Engravers' Copyright Act, London (1735) Source: Durham University Library Citation: Engravers' Copyright Act (1735), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1735 Full title An Act for the encouragement of the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints, by vesting the properties thereof in the inventors and engravers, during the time therein mentioned, 1735, 8 Geo. II, c.13 Full title original language N/A Abstract Legislation conferring exclusive rights, for a period of 14 years, on persons inventing and designing engravings and similar works. This was first occasion on which British copyright legislation extended to something other than literary works. The commentary describes the background to the Act, in particular the lobbying efforts of a small group of artists and engravers led by William Hogarth, and details similarities and differences which the legislation bore to the Statute of Anne 1710. The commentary suggests that, whereas the Statute of Anne essentially sought to regulate the production of the physical book, with the Engravers' Act the legislature began to articulate a more subtle distinction between the physical object and the subject of copyright protection, which was in this case, the engraved image. Bibliography Deazley, R., On the Origin of the Right to Copy: Charting the Movement of Copyright Law in Eighteenth Century Britain (1695-1775) (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004) Hunter, D., "Copyright Protection for Engravings and Maps in Eighteenth-Century Britain", The Library, 6th ser., 9 (1987): 128-47 Paulson, R., Hogarth's Graphic Works, 2 vols. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1965) Paulson, R., Hogarth: His Life, Art, and Times, 2 vols. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1971) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1735 Language English Source Durham University Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to George II (1683-1760) Pine, John (1690-1756) Persons referred to in commentary Hogarth, William (1697-1764) Lambert, George (1700-1765) Pine, John (1690-1756) Vandergucht, Gerrard (1696/67-1776) Vertue, George (1684-1756) Ware, Isaac (c.1704-1766) Places referred to Westminster Places referred to in commentary Dublin London Legislation referred to Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Newton v. Cowie (1822) 4 Bing 234 Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary House of Commons House of Lords Key words art market authorship, legal concept of copying, concept of engravings, protected subject matter idea/expression lobbying replica Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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