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Design for bookplate - Alfred Chester Beatty: PD.153-1975

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Design for bookplate - Alfred Chester Beatty

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wood, Joan Kingsford

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Given in memory of the artist

Measurements and weight

Height: 188 mm
Width: 200 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1975) by Wood, W. R.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of tracing paper ( roughly torn at lower edge)
Margin Size Height 115 mm Width 82 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite on tracing paper, with ornamental border (15mm of heraldic-like birds and beasts with foliage)

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.153-1975
Primary reference Number: 14533
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Design for bookplate - Alfred Chester Beatty" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14533 Accessed: 2024-11-25 21:09:31

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