Title(s)

Ivoren boekomslag, voorstellende de hemelvaart van Christus
Leaf of a book-cover of the twelfth Century (title on object)

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-243-8

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘(Class X.) h.’
• inscription: ‘In the possession of J.B. Nichols, Esq., Representing the Ascension of Christ. Size 9 inches by 81/4.’

Artist

• J.A. Spencer (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1850 - in or before 1856

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 115 mm × width 109 mm

What

• book-cover, binding
• Christ taken up by a cloud ~ Ascension

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Notices of sculpture in ivory, consisting of a lecture on the history, methods, and chief productions of the art (RP-F-2001-7-243)