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Print

1724 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Plate from 'The New Metamorphosis; or Pleasant Transformation of the Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura'. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1724.
Physical description
Plate
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.61cm
  • Width: 8.26cm
Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO 1964
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'Apuleius' (Lettered with volume and page numbers, etc and inscribed in ink on the back in a contemporary hand)
Literary reference'The New Metamorphosis; or Pleasant Transformation of the Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius of Medaura'
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Accession number
E.493-1961

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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