Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Graphic Materials - Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical
Collections
10: Single Item with Well-established English Title (Sample Descriptions in the 1982 Edition)
[ The three trees / Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn]. -- [1643]
1 print : etching ; image 20 x 28 cm.
Image trimmed to or within plate mark at bottom.
References: Biörklund, 43-B; Rovinskii, 212.
From the Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.
Gift of Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, 1898.
The three trees: The well-established English title and the date are supplied from the references cited in the note area (1B1.12b).
1 print and Image trimmed: Since the plate mark has been obliterated on one edge of this intaglio print, the image size is given, and a note is made (3D5, 5B9.1).
References: References to catalogues raisonnés are made to substantiate information provided by the cataloger and to direct the catalog user to a more detailed description (5B12).
Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection: A provenance note is given because of the importance of the Hubbard Collection (5B25).
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