print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1861,1214.708
- Description
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Cleopatra leaning back holding the asp to her breast, looking upwards; illustration from Allan Cunningham's 'The gallery of pictures by the first masters of the English and foreign schools', 2 vols (London: George Virtue, 1836). c.1836
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1836 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 150 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 120 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is after the painting by Guido at Hampton Court (Pepper 136).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The gallery of pictures by the first masters of the English and foreign schools
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,1214.708