book;
print
- Museum number
- 1958,0712.3086.1-12
- Title
- Object: Oeuvre de Geofroi Mind de Berne recueilli de différens Cabinets particuliers
- Description
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Book containing 12 prints of animals, with a title-page, a preface and 6 pages of introductory text; bound in green paper-covered boards, with gold stamping, and a blue label with the title on the front cover, Bern and Basel
Etching and aquatint, with hand-colouring:
1) A seated bear, turned to the right
2) A cat, turned to the left
3) A cat and three kittens in a braided basket, cushioned with a grey blanket, a bowl next to the basket on the ground
4) A cat and two kittens, a bowl in front of them on the ground
5) A cat and a kitten drinking from a bowl
6) A cat and three kittens, one of them observing a beetle
7) Three playing kittens
8) A seated and two lying cats, one of them observing three bees in the air
9) A cat cleaning herself and a kitten playing with a piece of cloth
10) A cat and three playing kittens
11) A she-dog and three puppies in a braided basket, cushioned with a green blanket, a bone lying next to the basket in the grass
12) 'Les Ours du fossé de Berne. Tiré de la Collection de Monsr. Le Chevalier Obry Embassadeur de S. M. Le Roi de Bavière près de la Confederation Suisse'
- Production date
- 1818 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 140 millimetres (approx. size of image)
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Height: 230 millimetres (book)
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Width: 200 millimetres
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Width: 315 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The date is given according to Lonchamp.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- UNDER THE TERMS OF THE BEQUEST, NONE OF THE PRINTS OR DRAWINGS BEQUEATHED BY R. W. LLOYD MAY BE LENT OUTSIDE THE BRITISH MUSEUM (Registration Numbers 1958,0712.318 to 3149).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1958,0712.3086.1-12
