Little Tom the Sailor: P.4175-r

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Little Tom the Sailor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fawcus, Arnold
Blockcutter: Walker, Emery
Printmaker: Blake, William (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1968

Note

Facsimile of 'Little Tom the Sailor', by William Hayley, headpiece, text, tailpiece and colophon published 1800

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( French mold made paper)
Sheet Height 567 mm Width 233 mm

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

Text: Print by Arnold Fawcus. Trianon Press,Paris, from the three/ blocks found amoung the property of William Muir held by Quaritch,/& purchased by A.F. 1968. These blocks were made by Emery Walker/ G L Keynes
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Handwritten in ink
Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4175-r
Primary reference Number: 118324
Bindman: 384 (facsimile)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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