print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1868,0808.2906
Title: Object: A gem
Description: Gem engraving divided into small compartments; in the central oval compartment, a man seated in profile to left, playing the two flutes; around it, twelve compartments with zodiac signs, forming an oval; around them, seven compartments, with chariots drawn by various animals, forming an outer oval; illustration to 'Description of the allegory painted for the curtain of the King's Theatre Pantheon' (London: 1791); open-letter state. c.1791 Etching with engraving, printed in brown wink
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Production date: 1791 (circa)
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Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 269 millimetres (cut); Width: 191 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: zodiac; charioteer/chariot
Associated names: Representation of: Aquarius; Representation of: Aries; Representation of: Cancer; Representation of: Capricorn; Representation of: Gemini; Representation of: Leo; Representation of: Libra; Representation of: Pisces; Representation of: Sagittarius; Representation of: Scorpio; Representation of: Taurus; Representation of: Virgo; Associated with: Catherine II, Empress of Russia
Associated places: Associated with: London
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Acquisition date: 1868
Acquisition notes: Inscribed on verso in pencil: "The gift of Mrs abington". It is not clear if this person is the comic actress Mrs Abington.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0808.2906

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