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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
H,5.61
Title
Series:
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere quas serio ludebat
(Emblems of Achilles Bocchius.)
Description
Plate 99. Cato at the left being followed by a crocodile, two young men play with it; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Giulio Bonasone
School/style
Italian
Production date
1555
Production place
Published in:
Bologna (province)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
110 millimetres
Width:
8 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See Comment for H,4.87.
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XV.164.276)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
symbol
crocodile
Associated names
Representation of:
Cato the Elder
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Cumberland Junior
Acquisition date
1820
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
H,5.61
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
1820,1111.186