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  • Place of origin:

    Italy (made)

  • Date:

    17th century to 18th century (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (printer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    engraving printed on paper

  • Museum number:

    E.9346-1921

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case JENNINGS, shelf 14

Physical description

Print, the letter A. Engraving mounted on card with letters arranged in alphabetical order.

Place of Origin

Italy (made)

Date

17th century to 18th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (printer)

Materials and Techniques

engraving printed on paper

Dimensions

Height: 380 mm mount size, Width: 266 mm

Descriptive line

Print, the letter A, engraving by an unknown printer, Italy, probably 17th-18th century, from the Jennings Collection of alphabets, initial letters and title-pages from the 15th and 16th centuries

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Jennings, Oscar. Early woodcut initials; containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings. London : Methuen and Co., 1908.

Materials

Paper

Techniques

Engraving

Categories

Prints

Collection

Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection

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