General
General
Object Auto ID
78630
Alternate Codes
230965
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Engraving
Local Name
Untitled; Collection of engravings
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Engraving of a reclining classical male figure next to a riverbed, with high-frowing reeds behind him. He holds a cornucopia with foliage in his right hand. On the right is a wolf with two human babies, probably Romulus and Remus. Printed image cut out from elsewhere and glued down in this album. (Part of a portfolio, see 6538)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Engraving
Inscriptions
b.r. C.C. Michell sc
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Individual images glued down in an album. In a phase box.; Image size 96 x 146 mm
History
Object Age Comment
1847 (see Notes)
Maker Comment
MICHELL, Charles Cornwallis, 1793-1851
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