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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.6349
Title: Object: Almacks - The Ball Room; Series: Beauties of Brighton
Description: A fashionably-dressed young woman in a ball gown, walking to left and looking towards the viewer, arms crossed over her breast and holding a small fan in her right hand, her hair dressed up with a rose; room with a frieze and chandeliers in the background; after Harper; no. 6 from a set. 1829 Hand-coloured mezzotint with etching, on chine collé
Producer name: Print made by: A M Huffam; After: Thomas Harper; Published by: S S Folker; Published by: J Brooker; Published by: J H Rittner
School/style: British; French
Production date: 1829
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; etching; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 250 millimetres; Width: 193 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Brighton
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.6349

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