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Chimera: P.27-1993

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Chimera

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Desprez, Louis Jean

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Purchased from the University Purchase Grant and the Gow Fund 1993

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1993)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1770

Note

State before title

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Plate Height 325 mm Width 381 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.27-1993
Primary reference Number: 185771
Baudicour: 6 III/V
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 November 2011 Updated: Tuesday 15 November 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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