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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.7263
Title: Object: Olivier Cromwell
Description: Oliver Cromwell lifting the lid of the coffin of Charles I, and staring down to left at the body of the King, after Delaroche. Mixed method with aquatint
Producer name: After: Paul Delaroche; Print made by: Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont; Published by: Goupil; Published by: Charles Tilt; Printed by: Chardon père
School/style: French; British
Production date: 1812-1892
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: mixed method; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 475 millimetres; Width: 543 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After a painting executed in 1831 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1850
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Charles I, King of England; Representation of: Oliver Cromwell
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: 2010,7081.7263

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