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Study for an engraved bookplate
Medium
pen and ink over pencil with traces of red chalk; laid down
Measurements
13.1 × 8.3 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.: MONSIEUR
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse: Italian Drawings (in H. Gilkes' hand)
stamped in ink on reverse: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pen and ink on reverse: 1278/3/32
Accession Number
1278.762-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Advertising, Communication and Graphic Design Literary and Text Ornament
Subjects (specific)
drapery (representations) Neoclassical plinths shields (armour) swords women (female humans) wreaths (visual works)