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The ermine as a symbol of purity
History note: George Hibbert; the Hon. A. Holland-Hibbert, his sale, Sotheby's, 29 June 1926, lot 16, repr.; bought by Agnew for Charles B.O. Clarke, by whom bequeathed in 1935 to Grace Clarke; Louis C.G. Clarke, LL.D., by 1952
Bequeathed 1960.
Diameter: 91 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Production date: circa AD 1494 : The drawing may be dated from the manuscript c. 1494.
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Pen and brown ink over slight traces of black chalk, on paper
Accession number: PD.120-1961
Primary reference Number: 7503
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Accession Number: C.11-1984
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