Detail View: Rylands Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL18081657
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Reference Number:
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17252 (3a)
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Link to Catalogue:
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Parent Work Title:
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Note on the Provenance of the Printer's Woodblock
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Account of a curious printing block in the possession of Earl Spencer
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Date Created:
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1799-02-17
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Description:
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Note dated to February 17th, 1799, accompanies the woodblock, explaining a further provenance, tracing it from Thomas Astle (1735-1803) back to Major Thompson of the Surrey Militia to Sir Peter Thompson (1698-1770) and to its first recorded owner, Joseph Ames (c.1687-1789).
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Blockbooks
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Subject:
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Early printed books
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Subject:
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Printing--History
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England
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Item Height:
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290 mm
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Item Width:
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140 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2018-08-17
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2018-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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