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The Matsya Avatar: P.280-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Matsya Avatar

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Barlow, J.

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

Note

Plate VII

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 253 mm Width 178 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: THE MATSYA AVATAR.
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: PLATE VII.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Barlow sculp.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: or first Incarnation of Veeshnu in the form of a FISH to recover the / sacred Books lost during the DELUGE. / To Thomas Hammersley Esqr. this plate so decisive to the Belief of the / Hindoos in a General Deluge is gratefully inscribed by J. M.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.280-1991
Primary reference Number: 18868
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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