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Orpheus: P.715-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Orpheus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1985-04)

Note

Study for a proposed poster for a Cambridge University Music Society production of Handel's Orpheus.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Linocut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: GR
  • Location: Image right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.715-1985
Primary reference Number: 308392
Selborne/Newman: undescribed
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 9 June 2022 Updated: Friday 10 June 2022 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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