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Adelina Patti as Desdemona

Maker

After
(artist)
1840-1916

(wood engraver)
1800-1899

Title

Adelina Patti as Desdemona

Date of Production

1871

Medium

wood engraving

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7798

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

H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto, lower right, artist: J.D.L

Inscription: Recto: lower left mount, stamped in blue: M

Recto: lower left mount, typed: Wood engraving / James D. LINTON / Adelina Patti as Desdemona / Publ. 'The Graphic' Vol. 4, p. 57, 15 July 1871

Stamp: Recto: lower centre mount: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.

Stamp: Recto: lower centre and lower centre mount: WITT / LIBRARY

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