print; frontispiece

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Object Type: print; frontispiece
Museum number: 1895,1031.39
Description: Frontispiece with title written on a pedestal at centre, a portrait of the author in a medal on the pedestal, surmounted by Fame and flanked by Minerva and a Muse; frontispiece to Gilles Ménage's "Menagiana" (Amsterdam: 1693) Etching
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Production date: 1693 (c.)
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Dimensions: Height: 118 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 68 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Illustration to: Gilles Ménage; Portrait of: Gilles Ménage; Representation of: Athena/Minerva; Representation of: Fame; Representation of: Muses
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Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1895,1031.39

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