drawing; album

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Object Type: drawing; album
Museum number: 1899,0120.38
Description: Battle of Sea-Gods, design for a silver plate, from an album chiefly containing designs for glass-paintings; with Neptune at centre Pen and grey ink, over black chalk
Producer name: Circle/School of: Jost Amman
School/style: Swiss
Production date: 1554-1591
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 155 millimetres; Width: 156 millimetres (circular)
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Curator's comments: For a description of the album see BM 1899-1-20-1.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; glass; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Poseidon/Neptune
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Miss Fairholme
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Johann Emanuel Wyss; Previous owner/ex-collection: George Fairholme
Acquisition date: 1899
Acquisition notes: For further details on the provenance of the album, see 1899,0120.1.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1899,0120.38

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