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The Animal in The Moon: P.176-1985

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Titles

The Animal in The Moon
The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: AD 1930

Note

Illustration to the second volume of The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, Translated by Sir Edward Marsh, London, Heinemann, 1931, p. 50

Only state

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 185 mm Width 163 mm
Plate Height 65 mm Width 58 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Stephen Gooden 30
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: G.L.K. Aug. 1930
  • Location: Verso lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.176-1985
Primary reference Number: 2277
Dodgson (Gooden): 88

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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