print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1917,1208.70.200
Description: Perdix, falling from the Acropolis, is turned into a partridge by Minerva; with border; illustration to Isaac de Benserade's 'Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en rondeaux', an adaptation of Ovid's book in French verses (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1676). c.1676 Etching, with letterpress text on verso
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Production date: 1676 (circa)
Materials
Technique: etching; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 76 millimetres; Width: 95 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (1447); Jombert 1774 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Sébastien Leclerc, chevalier romain (129.38)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Illustration to: Ovid; Representation of: Athena/Minerva; Representation of: Perdix
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Acquisition name: Donated by: Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall; In Memory of: Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date: 1917
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1917,1208.70.200

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