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JOHN SKIPPE (1742-1811)

A female term

c.1780-85

Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks in green and black | 16.7 x 8.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852784

A chiaroscuro woodcut reproducing a 16th-century drawing now in the British Museum, London (inv. no.1901,0417.31). Lettered with Raphael's initials. This figure was printed together with a male bearded term on one sheet. The male term (also after a drawing now in the British Museum) can be found at RCIN 852783.
  • Creator(s)

    John Skippe (1742-1811) (wood cutter)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • 16.7 x 8.0 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Architectural design
          • Architectural decoration & motifs
            • Herms & Terms
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.205 G.32