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The Rape of the Lock: P.499-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Rape of the Lock

Maker(s)

Designer: Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1896

Note

Sixth illustration facing p. 20 in The Rape of the Lock an heroi-comical poem in five cantos written by Alexander Pope embroidered with nine drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. Published by Leonard Smithers, London, May 1896.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 201 mm Width 136 mm
Sheet Height 251 mm Width 183 mm

Techniques used in production

Line block

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.499-1991
Primary reference Number: 18325

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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