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EB 1891: Babbage, Lace Computing
EB 1891: Babbage, Lace Computing
Object number2022.8.3

EB 1891: Babbage, Lace Computing

Date2002
Artist (American, born 1954)
CultureAmerican
MediumSingle plate etching with five fragments of original essay from an 1891 Encyclopedia Britannica
DimensionsSheet: 20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Image: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (39.4 x 39.4 cm)
Credit LineGift from the artist in honor of dear friend Robert C. L. Timpson, Jr., and Peregrine W. Whittlesey
On View
Not on view
Period21st c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (LRC, in margin, in pencil): duperity 2002
InscribedInscribed (LLC, in margin, in pencil): EB 1891-Babbage, Lace Computing
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