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print
;
banknote
Object Type
print
banknote
Museum number
1980,1011.110
Description
Athena; full-length female classical divinity looking to right, holding a spear, her right hand resting on her shield, wearing a helmet, cloak and breastplate with the Gorgon's head, an owl on a column beside her to left; design for a banknote for Montevideo; with engraver's name. Etching and engraving on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Lumb Stocks
School/style
British
Production date
1872-1892
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
227 millimetres
Width:
156 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Stocks became an RA in 1872.
Bibliographic references
Stocks 1993 / A Catalogue of Line Engravings by Lumb Stocks R A collected by J P Stocks
(97)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Athena/Minerva
Associated places
Associated with:
Montevideo (department)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
J P Stocks
Acquisition date
1980
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1980,1011.110