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{
    "localId": "96217",
    "label": "Drawer of Gem Impressions",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1449.29"
}

{
    "id": "96217",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1449.29",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Drawer of Gem Impressions",
    "description": "Tassie’s series of wax impressions of “the choicest” ancient and modern carved gems were a requisite possession for princely collectors and gentlemen, whether for study or to demonstrate their cultural sophistication. This drawer comes from an oak cabinet (Walters 42.1449) containing hundreds of Tassie’s impressions; the cabinet might have been part of Tassie’s shop furniture. Impressions in wax or other materials help to show more clearly the image carved into a gem—an unusual instance where the copy is “better” than the original.",
    "provenance": "Purchased by Mrs. Thomas R. Boggs, probably from Good's Cameo Corner, London, 1933 (?); given to Walters Art Museum, 1942.",
    "date": "2nd half 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.1449.29",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "drawers",
        "gems"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1449.29_Top_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1449.29_Top_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.1449.29_Top_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 2,
            "height": 22.5,
            "depth": 30.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Drawer H: 13/16 × W: 8 7/8 × D: 12 in. (2 × 22.5 × 30.5 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Neo-Classical",
    "med": "wood (oak), wax, brass, and paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "5173"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3390"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_42.1449.29_Top_DD_T15-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5fba43cf9dd38b72"
}