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Ceyx and Alcyone: 40.3-12

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ceyx and Alcyone

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Woollett, William
Designer: Woollett, William
Painter: Wilson, Richard (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1769

Note

State with the title and with the publication line 'Published July 31st 1769, as the Act directs, by Wm Woollett, in Green Street, Leicester Fields, and Ryland & Bryer, at the King's Arms, in Cornhill, London'.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 40.3-12
Primary reference Number: 196595
Fagan (Woollett): 65

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ceyx and Alcyone" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/196595 Accessed: 2024-04-20 04:57:28

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