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Alphabet in copperplate with embossed letters
Calligrapher: Yallop, Rachel
Embossed letters, ink and a copperplate nib on laid paper
Given by Rachel Yallop
Height: 475 mm
Width: 328 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given by Yallop, Rachel
Production date: AD 2000
Support
composed of
paper
( laid; embossed letters)
Decoration
Accession number: CAL 52-2007
Primary reference Number: 167358
Old object number: Calligraphy/Yallop/1
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Alphabet in copperplate with embossed letters" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/167358 Accessed: 2023-02-02 17:19:11
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Accession Number: EC.16-1939
Accession Number: CAL 22-2007
Accession Number: P.14412-R-36
Accession Number: P.14411-R-22
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