print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1912,1217.48
- Title
- Object: The second rope
- Description
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Piece of a four-strand rope with frayed ends; proof illustration to Edward Whymper's 'Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69' (London: 1871, p.405).
Wood-engraving on thin paper
- Production date
- 1860-1871
- Dimensions
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Height: 99 millimetres (image)
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Width: 47 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See Comment of 1912,1217.50
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
- Acquisition date
- 1912
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1912,1217.48