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Tapestry Song: P.837-1974

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Titles

Tapestry Song
Mountains & Molehills

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1974-12) by Gurney, Sophie and Hambro, Elisabeth

Dating

Production date: AD 1934

Note

Illustration to Mountains & Molehills, 1934

Second state

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 152 mm Width 114 mm
Sheet Height 174 mm Width 136 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 2
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Tapestry design / (Mountains & Molehills)
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 22 x 16 upright
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: G Raverat
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.837-1974
Primary reference Number: 7837
Selborne/Newman: 328 II

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tapestry Song" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/7837 Accessed: 2024-04-23 16:36:06

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/7837 |title=Tapestry Song |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-23 16:36:06|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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