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Object Type
Museum number: 1856,0809.139
Title: Object: Pyramus and Thisbe
Description: Four men, wearing furs, turbans and long robes trimmed with tassels, tearing their hair, beating their breasts, grieving the death of Pyramus and Thisbe, who lie on the ground, she holding a sword at her side, one man holding a flaming torch, with crumbling, overgrown city walls behind them and a search party carrying torches in the background to left; after Bramer. 1768 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Pierre Charles Canot; After: Leonaert Bramer; Published by: John Boydell
School/style: British; Dutch
Production date: 1768
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 443 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 549 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Pyramus; Representation of: Thisbe
Associated places: Associated with: Babylon
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Bindon Blood; Purchased through: Sotheby's (18.vii.1856/268); Purchased through: A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1856,0809.139

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