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Porta Capuana, Naples

Print
1931 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Print Collectors' Club (issuer)
Wedgwood, Geoffrey Heath (printmaker)
Place of origin
Britain (printed)

A line engraving depicting a view of the Porta Capuana, a gate to the city of Naples, Italy.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Topography
Architecture
Object type
Print
TitlePorta Capuana, Naples (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Line engraving on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Line Engraving
Brief description
Print by Geoffrey Heath Wedgwood, 'Porta Capuana, Naples,' presentation plate issued by the Print Collectors' Club, line engraving, Britain, 1931
Physical description
A line engraving depicting a view of the Porta Capuana, a gate to the city of Naples, Italy.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.875in
  • Width: 8.0625in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Geoffrey H Wedgwood/31.' (Signed in pencil)
  • 'PC' (Inscribed with the monogram of the Print Collectors' Club)
Credit line
Given by the Print Collectors' Club
Subject depicted
City Gate
Place depicted
Naples
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.117-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O746784/porta-capuana-naples-print-wedgwood-geoffrey-heath/
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