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An ancient copper coin

Maker

After
(artist)
1767-1827

(printmaker, publisher)
1767-1827

Title

An ancient copper coin

Date of Production

1799

Medium

printed in black
etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 13.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6125.17

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

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: Drawn & engraved by B. Howlett. //

Inscription: Howlett's Views in County of Lincoln, 1800 //

Inscription: London 6th Sep. 1799 //

Label: The Vignette represents the obverse and reverse of an ancient / copper coin, engraved the same size as the original, in the pos- / ession of William Pennyman, Esq. which was dug up in a field / near the house, a few years since. //

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