print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1981,U.25
- Description
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Christ bearing the cross, standing whole-lenght turned to the right, holding the cross over his left shoulder, face turned towards the viewer; illustration to Metz's 'Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings' (London: Metz, 1798).
Etching and aquatint
- Production date
- 1785-1798 (c)
- Dimensions
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Height: 275 millimetres
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Width: 200 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1855,0609.812 for comment.
This print is from a group of 59 assorted (duplicate) plates extracted from a broken-up copy of Metz's 'Imitations of ancient and modern drawings' which did not come from the BM copy of the book, but it is kept in a wrapper in the same box.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Imitations of Ancient and Modern Drawings from the restoration of the Arts in Italy to the present time
- Acquisition date
- 1753-1981
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1981,U.25