The Comedy of Errors
Woodcut
1939 (published)
1939 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Colour woodcut, signed in pencil 'John Austen', and inscribed with Act numbers.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Comedy of Errors (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | woodcut |
| Brief description | Frontispiece and illustrations (5) to Acts 1 to 5 of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors by John Archibald Austen (1886-1948). Published by the Limited Editions Club, New York. Colour wood-cuts, 1939. |
| Physical description | Colour woodcut, signed in pencil 'John Austen', and inscribed with Act numbers. |
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| Association | |
| Literary reference | 'The Comedy of Errors' by Shakespeare |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.70-1951 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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