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The British Museum have acquired a collection of 7,250 mezzotints, ranging in date from C17th to early C20th. The mezzotints, which are currently in a private collection, include examples by the majority of artists who ever practiced the art of the mezzotint in Britain.
Antony Griffiths, Keeper of the Prints and Drawings Department at the British Museum said “This is the largest acquisition for the British Museum print collection in the last hundred years, and makes available to the world a very important part of the history of British art.”
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