print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1907,1121.36-37
Description: Initial letter E with Agrippina in bust to right and initial letter Γ; from an incomplete Roman and Greek majuscule alphabet with portraits of figures from ancient Roman history; from an unidentified publication; the alphabet first used by Froben in Basel for an edition of Theodore of Gaza's 'Grammaticae institutionis libri duo' of August 1520. 1520 Metalcut
Producer name: Print made by: Hans Holbein the Younger; Block cut by: Jacob Faber
School/style
Production date: 1520
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 27 millimetres (Borderline); Width: 27 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Cato the Elder; Representation of: Agrippina the Elder
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1907,1121.36-37
Conservation

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