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Portrait of Georges Raverat (father of Jacques): P.1798-R

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Portrait of Georges Raverat (father of Jacques)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Found in a sketchbook given by Mrs. Sophie Gurney, 1994, PD.166-1994.

Measurements and weight

Height: 82 mm
Width: 106 mm

Relative size of this object

10.6 m8.2 m What does this represent?

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1994) by Gurney, Sophie, Mrs

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1912

Note

Trial proof of unnumbered block (cf.42)

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.1798-R
Primary reference Number: 8491
Selborne/Newman: unnumbered
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 April 2015 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Portrait of Georges Raverat (father of Jacques)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8491 Accessed: 2023-06-04 22:00:13

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