1793 (printed)
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This is a so-called transfigurative print in its original frame. It is made up of two oval stipple prints of half-length female figures, one printed in red, the other in black, both cut into horizontal strips and framed in such a way that pulling up or pushing down on the ring fixing at the top of the carved fruitwood frame, causes either one or other to be displayed. The mount is verre eglomisé with a dark blue background decorated in gold. The gold decorations are an oval border around the aperture and a single stylised flower in each corner.
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Materials and techniques | Stipple engraving |
Brief description | Transfigurative print made up of two oval stipple prints of half-length female figures, one printed in red, the other in black, Angelica Kauffman, England, 1793 |
Physical description | Transfigurative print in original frame. Two oval stipple prints of half-length female figures, one printed in red, the other in black, both cut into horizontal strips. This object is made up of two oval stipple prints of half-length female figures, one printed in red, the other in black, both cut into horizontal strips and framed in such a way that pulling up or pushing down on the ring fixing at the top of the carved fruitwood frame, causes either one or other to be displayed. The image printed in red is lettered A. Kauffman pinxt/ G. Scorodoomoff sculp. The mount is verre eglomisé with a dark blue background decorated in gold. The gold decorations are an oval border around the aperture and a single stylised flower in each corner. |
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Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
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Summary | This is a so-called transfigurative print in its original frame. It is made up of two oval stipple prints of half-length female figures, one printed in red, the other in black, both cut into horizontal strips and framed in such a way that pulling up or pushing down on the ring fixing at the top of the carved fruitwood frame, causes either one or other to be displayed. The mount is verre eglomisé with a dark blue background decorated in gold. The gold decorations are an oval border around the aperture and a single stylised flower in each corner. |
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Accession number | E.832-2002 |
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Record created | January 15, 2004 |
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