print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1852,0705.80
Description: Illustration to Robert Jephson's 'Count of Narbonne', Act I, Scene 1, in Elizabeth Inchbald's series 'The British Drama'; Theodore lifting up a stone in the floor opening the secret stair for Lady Isabel who holds a candle as she steps down the steps; after Cook, proof before all letters. c. 1806 Etching with engraving
Producer name: After: Richard Cook; Print made by: Francis Engleheart
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 187 millimetres; Width: 145 millimetres (platemark)
Curator's comments: Mounted in an album with two preparatory drawings by Cook: 1857,0606.200,201.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Robert Jephson; Illustration to: Mrs Elizabeth Inchbald
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Thomas Haviland Burke; Purchased through: Christie's (26.vi.1852/258 and 260); Purchased through: Holloway (& Son)
Acquisition date: 1852
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1852,0705.80

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