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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/9/6/39
Former Reference	D3311/140/39
Title	Print entitled "Messalina", engraved on a yellow gemstone belonging to Lord Montague, etched by T. Worlidge
Date	[c1768]
Description	Showing profile of a young woman set in oval; Messalina was the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who had her killed for plotting against him and alleged adultery, in 48 AD; taken from "A select Collection of Drawings from curious antique Gems, most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, etched after the manner of Rembrandt," by Thomas Worlidge. [Lord Montague is possibly George Montagu Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.] Published by Dryden Leach, London, 1768. Paper size 26 x 30 cm image size 6 x 8 cm.
Extent	1 print
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth