General
General
Object Auto ID
78630
Alternate Codes
230965
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Engraving
Local Name
Untitled; Collection of engravings
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Engraving of a reclining classical male figure next to a riverbed, with high-frowing reeds behind him. He holds a cornucopia with foliage in his right hand. On the right is a wolf with two human babies, probably Romulus and Remus. Printed image cut out from elsewhere and glued down in this album. (Part of a portfolio, see 6538)

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Engraving
Inscriptions
b.r. C.C. Michell sc
Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age Comment
1847 (see Notes)
Maker Comment
MICHELL, Charles Cornwallis, 1793-1851
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