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Desiderata: CAL 1-2007

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Desiderata

Maker(s)

Calligrapher: Avery, Dorothy

Categories

Description

Ink, gouache, raised gold on gesso, pen and brush on T H Saunders paper bound into a fourteen folio book, with a turquoise imitation leather and brown leather cover.

Legal notes

Given by Dorothy Avery

Measurements and weight

Width: 352 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Avery, Dorothy

Dating

1976 CE - 1977 CE

Materials used in production

Gouache
Ink
Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( T H Saunders HP)
Book Size Height 225 mm
Cover
Decoration

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CAL 1-2007
Primary reference Number: 167347
Old object number: Calligraphy/Avery/1

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 8 January 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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