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Artist:
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Published by Paul Jerrard
Poetry by F.W.M. Gabley
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Title:
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Fruit and Flowers. The Group of the Shell, from "Gems for the Drawing Room"
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Date:
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1852
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Medium:
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Color lithograph
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Dimensions:
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13 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (33.66 x 25.08 cm) (image)
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Credit Line:
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The Minnich Collection
The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
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Location:
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Gallery 316
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This beautiful composition shows putti holding a nautilus shell as if it were a precious antique vase, its round shape rhyming with the modest melon and pomegranate beside it. The sheet belongs to a series of four books that were advertised in the Publisherâs Circular of November, 1853, âto afford delight to all who can appreciate the beautiful in Nature.â In Victorian society, shells were objects of enormous aesthetic interest, and viewing them in books was a popular pastime. Jerrardâs volumes, the advertisement further touted as âa truly elegant suite of table books most appropriate for Marriage, Birthday, or Annual Presents. . . .â
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Jerrard, Paul
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Role:
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Publisher
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Nationality:
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English
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Life Dates:
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English
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Name:
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Gabley, F.W.M.
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Role:
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Author
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Prints
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Creation Place:
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Europe, England, , , London
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Accession #:
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P.18,687
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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