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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1917,1208.972
Title: Object: Eurydice
Description: Young woman on her knees raising her arms and turning her head to look at snake biting her right ankle, with landscape in the background, stream in the foreground; within oval, after Angelica Kauffman; fourth state. 1790 Hand-coloured stipple and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Francesco Bartolozzi; After: Angelica Kauffman; Published by: James Birchall
School/style: British
Production date: 1790
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: stipple; etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 381 millimetres; Width: 279 millimetres
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Curator's comments: According to the text, the original painting belonged to the collection of Mathew Michell Esq.
Bibliographic references: Calabi & De Vesme 1928 / Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi (413.IV); Alexander 1992 / Chronological checklist of singly issued English prints after Angelica Kauffman (263)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1987 Feb 5 - May 25, BM, 'An A-Z of P&D'
Subjects: classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Eurydice; Associated with: John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (?)
Acquisition name: Donated by: Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall (L.1696); In Memory of: Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date: 1917
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1917,1208.972

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