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A Crown or a Grave

Maker

(engraver)
1798-1873

Title

A Crown or a Grave

Date of Production

1746

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 15.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3896

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : on flag within image : : A Crown or a Grave //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : : BRITISH SCHOOL / Francis Townley, executed 1746 and Fletcher //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : : Engraved by Robert Graves. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right mount & recto : later Witt inscription : : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : middle left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : : Francis Townley / [illegible] / executed 1746 //

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