printing-block;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.417
- Title
- Object: Rienzi and his Daughter
- Description
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Two figures, Rienzi and his daughter Claudia, embracing in front of a columned interior; a town is visible in the background. Illustration for the poem 'Rienzi and his Daughter' by Mary Russell Mitford, in Willmott, Robert Aris (ed.), 'The Poets of the Nineteenth Century' (London: George Routledge & Co, 1857).
Engraved 1856; published 1857
Engraved boxwood woodblock
- Production date
- 1857
- Dimensions
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Height: 124 millimetres
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Thickness: 23 millimetres
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Width: 93 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Catalogued by Bethan Stevens (University of Sussex) and Beatrice Herrera, in partnership with the British Museum and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); digital photography by Sylph Editions, London (www.sylpheditions.com).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The poets of the nineteenth century.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.417
