print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1889,0603.69
Description: Eloisa, dressed as a nun with her rosary, lying pensively in a wood with her hand to her cheek, in the background a procession of nuns and a cross; an illustration to Pope's Epistle from Eloise to Abelard. Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: Richard Westall; Print made by: James Heath
School/style: British
Production date: 1800-1820 (c.)
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 156 millimetres; Width: 101 millimetres (sheet)
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Héloïse
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Robert Jackson
Acquisition date: 1889
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1889,0603.69

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