The English engraver and woodcutter Elisha Kirkall (1682?-1742) is counted amongst the earliest experimenters in color printing in England Suite of reproductive prints after Raphael's drawings depicting the acts of the Apostles. The drawings were commissioned in ca. 1514/1515 by Pope Leo X. Completed in late 1516, they were planned as designs for a set of tapestries intended to cover the lower walls of the Sistine Chapel. Kirkall copied the originals, then in the British royal collection, and produced the plates through an experimental printing process that involved mezzotint, etching and chiaroscuro techniques. The suite consists of a title plate and seven plates reproducing the drawings In slipcase: modern green cloth box; a large label backed with marbled paper and pasted on the front cover. Title on label printed in calligraphy in black ink: The seven cartoons of Raphael Urbin Elisha Kirkall circa 1722 The plates are mounted on late 18th or early 19th century album sheets. Title plate is numbered 6a/7 in ink in the upper left corner Assessed: Condition report in research file; ursus