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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1854,1020.610
Title: Object: Tamerlan
Description: Atmerlan seated at a table with his hand raised to his mounth which he has just burnt because he was eating hot porridge is advised by an old woman who is standing to right to eat from from near the margin of the plate where the food has cooled down. 1782 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Christian Bernhard Rode
School/style: German
Production date: 1782
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 193 millimetres; Width: 110 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The story metaphorically illustrates one of the alleged principles of warfare; one should not fight a war in the centre/core of a country before having secured the borders.
Bibliographic references: Jacobs 1990 / Das graphische Werk Bernhard Rodes (134)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Timur
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Fürst Karl von Paar, Freiherr auf Hartberg und Krottenstein (estate of); Purchased through: Sotheby's (13.vii.1854); Purchased through: A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date: 1854
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1854,1020.610

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