Handkerchief (The Oxford Almanack For the Year of Our Lord MDCCXXXV)

Textiles

c. 1735

After an engraving by George Vertue (English, 1684–1756)
England

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: George Vertue (Engraver)
Title: Handkerchief (The Oxford Almanack For the Year of Our Lord MDCCXXXV)
Place: England (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1725–1745
Medium: Silk, plain weave; copperplate printed
Inscriptions: "The Oxford Almanack for the Year of our Lord God MDCCXXXV The Regal Table Since the Conquest Officers of the University G. Vertue Sculpt".
Dimensions: 79.6 × 81.6 cm (31 3/8 × 32 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. John V. Farwell III
Reference Number: 1976.62
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Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection, Aug. 8, 1981–Jan.31, 1982.
Art Institute of Chicago, English and French Printed Textiles- History on Cloth, May-Aug. 11, 1991.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 141, Commemorative Events on Cloth, May 6-July 16, 2006.

Federalist Antiques, Kenilworth, IL, by Mar. 10, 1976 [invoice, May 11, 1976; incoming receipt RX1054, Mar. 10, 1978; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1976.

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