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The University Museum

Engraving
1956 (published)
Artist/Maker
Piper, John (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Print showing the carved vaulted stonework ceiling of the University Museum at Oxford. Skeletons of a large fish or whale and a mammal are visible at the base of the image along with display cases, but the focus is on the elaborately carved vaulting.


Object details

Categories
Architectural Fittings
Architecture
Interiors
Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleThe University Museum (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour process engraving and letterpress
Printing Ink
Colour-Process Engraving
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
John Piper. "The University Museum". British, 1956.
Physical description
Print showing the carved vaulted stonework ceiling of the University Museum at Oxford. Skeletons of a large fish or whale and a mammal are visible at the base of the image along with display cases, but the focus is on the elaborately carved vaulting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 55.88cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions
(Lettered with title, artist's name and with letterpress)
Credit line
Given by the Delegates of the Clarendon Press, Oxford
Object history
See images attached on CMS for more information;
- Written in first image on CMS is written:
E; Register of Prints and Drawings For Year 1955
The Accessions Lists for 1955-1956 were printed in one Volume in year 1963.
The Permanent Registers for the two years have been compiled and bound seperately in 1966.
Donors addresses checked in 1963.
Combined 1955-1956 Forewored found in images attached to CMS.

Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.774-1955

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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