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Calle Franchi

Print
1861-1917 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching of a street in Venice, Italy.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleCalle Franchi (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Brief description
Etching by Sir Charles Holroyd R.E.: Calle Franchi.
Physical description
Etching of a street in Venice, Italy.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8 7/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in pencil Charles Holroyd (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Presented by Lady Holroyd.
Object history
Calle Franchi could be a reference to the street located in Venice, Italy, named after Veronica Franco, an artist and poet in renaissance Italy.
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
E.3819-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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