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A Dream of Fair Women: P.23-2021

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Dream of Fair Women

Maker(s)

Printer: Hanfstaengl
Painter: Armitage, Edward (After)

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Description

Plate XLI, showing women from the Old Testament, Mythology and Ancient History from Eve, Hagar, etc to Cleopatra. Photogravure from 'Pictures and Drawings, Selected from the Words of Edward Armitage, RA' (London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1898).

Legal notes

Given by Jill Armitage, 2021

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2021) by Armitage, Jill

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1898

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Sheet Height 295 mm Height 461 mm Width 474 mm Width 658 mm

Techniques used in production

Photogravure

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.23-2021
Primary reference Number: 317850
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 19 November 2024 Updated: Monday 16 December 2024 Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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