Orpheus: P.715-1985

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Orpheus

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

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

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

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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