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A Sibyl Reading

John Skippe · 1742–1811

Maximum print size

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
28.2 × 40.4 cm · 11.1 × 15.9 in
Mat border, sides
6.4 cm · 2.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom
5.3 cm · 2.1 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
1780s
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut printed from 2 blocks: brown line block and gray-brown tone block on laid paper; laid down on album page
Type
Print
Size
35.3 × 24.7 cm · 13.9 × 9.7 in
Orientation
portrait
Collection
National Gallery of Art ↗

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