Album
1870s (made)
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A empty album, of two hundred blank blue pages, half bound in leather and lettered on spine in capitals 'Dyce Collection Engravings 4'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Album, half bound in leather, with letterpress title on spine |
| Brief description | Empty album intended for the storage of prints that formerly belonged to the Reverend Alexander Dyce, half bound leather album with letterpress on spine, Great Britain, 1870 |
| Physical description | A empty album, of two hundred blank blue pages, half bound in leather and lettered on spine in capitals 'Dyce Collection Engravings 4'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'DYCE COLLECTION ENGRAVINGS 4' (Spine lettered) |
| Production | The Reverend Alexander Dyce bequeathed his library, pictures and prints to the South Kensington Museum (now called the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1869. The lettering on the spine of this volume suggests it was made up by the museum after the bequest had been made, rather than during the collector's lifetime. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991 |
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| Accession number | E.1784-1991 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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