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La Poësie: 34.13-147

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La Poësie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Interior scene with a woman in eighteenth century French dress seated at a desk reading from a sheet to two standing men and one other seated woman; in an oval border within a rectangular one, with flowers and festoons at the top

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 34.13-147
Primary reference Number: 177027
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 24 April 2014 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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