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Clytemnestra: P.768a-1974

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Clytemnestra
The Oresteian Trilogy of Aeschylus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 172 mm
Width: 123 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1974-12) by Gurney, Sophie and Hambro, Elisabeth

Dating

Production date: AD 1933

Note

First block, cut working proof with frame removed.

Printed in The Oresteian Trilogy of Aeschylus, and as a postcard.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.768a-1974
Primary reference Number: 7705
Selborne/Newman: 270/1
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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