Bordered gothic (small)
Printmaker: Gillespie, Sarah
Made during the artist's six-month residency with the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, conducted at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology in 2022. At the point of creation of this print, the subject, the Bordered Gothic moth (Heliophobus Reticulata), was red listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct in the UK.
History note: The artist
Given by the artist, 2024
Method of acquisition: Given (2024) by Gillespie, Sarah
21st Century
Production date:
AD 2022
From an edition of 20
Platemark
Height 205 mm
Width 205 mm
Sheet
Height 270 mm
Width 270 mm
Mezzotint : Mezzotint printed on Arches Mouln du Gué paper
Accession number: P.3-2024
Primary reference Number: 317298
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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