print;
portfolio
- Museum number
- 1915,0320.13-21
- Title
- Object: The Acts of Mercy
- Description
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"Compositions of the 'Acts of Mercy,' drawn by the late John Flaxman, Esq." (London, Mary Ann Flaxman and Maria Denman) January 1st 1831; original portfolio containing 8 prints after drawings by Flaxman, printed in sepia on India paper, with title sheet. Proofs.
Etching and aquatint
- Production date
- 1831
- Dimensions
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Height: 519 millimetres (size of each sheet)
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Width: 702 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Loose impressions are kept elsewhere in the collection, see 1853,1210.598 to 605.
Portfolio is inscribed in pen with "No. 4" and pasted with label detailing prices of the prints: "Set on Small Paper £1.10.0/ On Large Paper £2.2.0/ Extra Large Paper, Proofs before the Letter "£4.4.0/ India Paper £2.0.0/ Ditto [Large India Paper] £12.2.6/ Ditto [Extra Large India Paper, Proofs before the Letter] £5.0.0"
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Acts of Mercy
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1915,0320.13-21
