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16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, the letter R. Woodcut mounted on card with letters arranged in alphabetical order.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woodcut on paper
Brief description
Print, the letter R, woodcut attributed to Geoffrey Tory, Paris, 16th century, from the Jennings Collection of alphabets, initial letters and title-pages from the 15th and 16th centuries
Physical description
Print, the letter R. Woodcut mounted on card with letters arranged in alphabetical order.
Dimensions
  • Mount size height: 380mm
  • Mount size width: 266mm
Production
From an unidentified Missal attributed to Geoffrey Tory
Bibliographic reference
Jennings, Oscar. Early woodcut initials; containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings. London : Methuen and Co., 1908. P. 88 and P. 236.
Collection
Accession number
E.3605-1921

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Record createdMay 5, 2011
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