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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1857,0217.165.+
Description
Inerior with at centre a scholar wearing robes and a cap writing at his desk, on the left a young man taking a book from a shelf; a globe on the right; from an unidentified publication Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Gravelot
After:
Sir Charles Frederick
School/style
British
Production date
1735-1775
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
75 millimetres
Width:
154 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(not described?)
(Gravelot)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
scholar
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry Graves & Co
Acquisition date
1857
Acquisition notes
1857,0217.83 to 166 is a collection of prints by and after Gravelot, purchased as one lot in an unidentified sale at Puttick Simpson by Graves on behalf of the BM.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1857,0217.165.+