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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1879,0809.318
Title
Series:
British Classics
Description
A couple embracing inside a mausoleum, the man pointing to the ground where 'Heloise' is written; statues to the left, and the moon seen through the window; illustration to Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard' from Sharpe's 'British Classics', etched state. 1803 Stipple with etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Peltro William Tomkins
After:
Henry Thomson
Published by:
John Sharpe
School/style
British
Production date
1803
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
etching
Dimensions
Height:
190 millimetres
Width:
120 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1864,1210.200 for comment. See 1879,0809.317 and 319-320 for other impressions.
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Alexander Pope
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Eloisa to Abelard
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Benoni White
Purchased through:
Christie's
(sale 23-4.vii.1879/13)
Purchased through:
John Wilson
Acquisition date
1879
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1879,0809.318