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Medallion design depicting a large vase with a skeleton draped over the right side, a putto holding a lighted torch to the left: P.11850-R

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Medallion design depicting a large vase with a skeleton draped over the right side, a putto holding a lighted torch to the left
Francis Turner Palgrave's Golden Treasury series

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jeens, Charles Henry

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1877

Note

Title-page to 'Chrysomela, a selection from the lyrical poems of R. Herrick', arranged by F.T. Palgrave for the Golden Tresaury series (1877). On chine collé.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11850-R
Primary reference Number: 174719

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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