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Album of drawings

Album of drawings (© Ashmolean Museum)

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Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch (1779 - 1857)

Ashmolean Museum

1823-1839

An album of 54 drawings illustrating typical allegorical and literary themes. Two of the drawings were reproduced in Retzsch's well known publication 'Phantasien und Wahrheiten' in 1834.

  • Medium: graphite or black chalk & coloured wash
  • Dimensions: 20.5 x 27.5 x 3cm
  • Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £16,500)
  • ArtFunded in: 2002
  • Vendor: Maggs Bros

Provenance

Family of Esdaile of Cothelstone in the 19th century; at auction by Maggs Brothers.


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