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Printing Block (Photogravure?) of Michael Burghers' Engraving of the Ashmolean Museum, Created for Publication by R.T. Gunther, English, 1920s

Inventory Number 18487


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18487

Item type
Object
Provenance
Found in Museum store with other printing blocks from Oxford University Press for the works of R.T. Gunther.
Physical material
Copper
Wood
Paper
Object type
Printing block
Dimensions
Height: 23mm Width: 197mm Depth: 184mm Weight: 974g
Inventory No
18487
Accession Number
2022-

Description

Copper plate, mounted on wooden block, with paper backing. The original engraving by Michael Burghers shows the east facade of the Ashmolean Museum after it opened in 1683.