Obelisks with Egyptian symbols
Maker
(artist)
(engraver)
1761-1802
(publisher)
(engraver)
1761-1802
(publisher)
Title
Obelisks with Egyptian symbols
Date of Production
18.1.1789
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 22 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3993.12
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
Keywords
human
equine
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Recto:
Within the image, above steles, printed in black ink: “I / IV / III / II / ZOAΩ”.
Below the image, lower left margin, printed in black ink: “C. Cordiner pinxt.”; lower right margin, printed in black ink: “P. Mazell sculp.”; lower centre margin, printed in black ink: “OBELISK'S with EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS. / Publish'd as the Act directs Jan.y 18, 1789, by Peter Mazell Engraver, No. 31 Gerard Street Soho.”.
Above the image, upper left margin, later Witt inscription, handwritten in graphite: “925/31(24)”
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