The Ballad of Reading Gaol: XXV Burins Détourés de Krol
Print
1962 (made)
1962 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Print, the plate cut to shape.
Object details
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| Title | The Ballad of Reading Gaol: XXV Burins Détourés de Krol (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving, retouched in pencil, pen and ink wash |
| Brief description | Engraving by Abram Krol. Working proof (one of 12) of a plate for 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol: XXV Burins Détourés de Krol', an edition of Oscar Wilde's poem in English and French, published by the artist, Paris, 1962. |
| Physical description | Print, the plate cut to shape. |
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| Production type | Proof |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | Another copy of the book containing the plates in their published states is in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2809-1962 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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