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Ornamental Alphabet

Engraver Engraved by Peter Aubry II German
[about 1640–66]
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ornamental Alphabet
  • Artist: After Johann Christian Bierpfaf (German, 1620–1709)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Peter Aubry II (German, 1610–1666)
  • Published in: Strassburg
  • Date: [about 1640–66]
  • Medium: plates: engraving
  • Dimensions: Overall: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3/8 in. (24.5 x 19 x 1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.628
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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