Vignette of a classical male figure leaning backwards to the left, playing a lyre: P.11837-R

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Vignette of a classical male figure leaning backwards to the left, playing a lyre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1908) by Wright, William Aldis

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1866

Note

Plate for the title page to Sir John F.W. Herschel 'The Iliad of Homer, translated into English accentuated hexamteres…' (London & Cambridge, Macmillan and Co. 1866). On chine collé.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11837-R
Primary reference Number: 174706
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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