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Fairy's Song: CAL 41-2007

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Fairy's Song

Maker(s)

Calligrapher: Pilsbury, Joan

Categories

Description

Black Chinese stick ink, burnished leaf gold on gesso, shell gold and gouache on calfskin manuscript vellum sewn into stiff paper cover

Legal notes

Given by Joan Pilsbury

Measurements and weight

Width: 125 mm
Width: 140 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Pilsbury, Joan

Dating

Production date: AD 1988

Materials used in production

Ink
Gold leaf
Gold
Gouache

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( stiff paper cover) vellum (skin)
Page Height 256 mm
Book Size Height 287 mm
Cover
Decoration

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CAL 41-2007
Primary reference Number: 167350
Old object number: Calligraphy/Pilsbury/1

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 January 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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