The Empress

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1959

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Research Projects

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Medium: Woodcut.
Print Image Size: 33 x 21 7/8 inches.
Print Edition: 20 (with 1 artist's proof).
Alternate Medium: Color woodcut from block with lace collage.
Ink(s): silver, black.
Support: laid paper.
Portrait of Queen Victoria seated and holding a piece of paper that reads "Je ne suis pas la bonne reine Bess," - or "I am not the good queen Bess." The lace pattern in her dress was created through actual appliqué on the block during printing.

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