print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1865,1014.670
- Title
- Object: The amethyst
- Description
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A young woman sitting in a bedroom, looking down at a string of jewels which she holds in both hands at her lap; proof illustration to the Countess of Blessington's 'Gems of Beauty'; proof before letters. 1836
Etching, stipple and engraving
- Production date
- 1836
- Dimensions
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Height: 398 millimetres
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Width: 278 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A bound edition of "Gems of Beauty" (London and New York, Longmans and Appleton, 1840) is kept at 167.a.39 (1951,1110.76).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Gems of Beauty
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1865,1014.670