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Desiderata
Calligrapher: Avery, Dorothy
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.
Given by Dorothy Avery
Width: 352 mm
Method of acquisition: Given by Avery, Dorothy
1976 CE - 1977 CE
Support
composed of
paper
( T H Saunders HP)
Book Size
Height 225 mm
Cover
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 1-2007
Primary reference Number: 167347
Old object number: Calligraphy/Avery/1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Desiderata" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/167347 Accessed: 2024-11-15 01:47:58
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