print; album

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Object Type: print; album
Museum number: 1931,0413.402
Title: Object: St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, a seat of Sir John St Aubyn Bart
Description: View of a fortress on a peaked mountain to the left, with the tide covering the land between it and the mainland, where fishermen are drawing in a large ne in the foreground, with a few ships on the water; after Opie; scratched-letter state. 1789 Etching with aquatint
Producer name: Print made by: Catherine St Aubyn; After: John Opie
School/style: British
Production date: 1789
Materials: paper
Technique: etching; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 280 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 326 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The print is pasted in volume II of Richard Bull's collection of prints by amateurs, see 1931,0413.1.
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: Sir John St Aubyn
Associated places: Topographic representation of: St Michael's Mount
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Colnaghi
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Bull; Previous owner/ex-collection: Elizabeth Bull; Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Henry Alexander Bennet; Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Henry Alexander Bennet
Acquisition date: 1931
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1931,0413.402

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