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The High Chair: P.3-1978

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The High Chair

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cassatt, Mary

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Ex-collection Durand-Ruel

History note: From the Marlborough Gallery, 1956, £18

Legal notes

Through the National Art Collections Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1978-03) by Gow, A. S. F.

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1889

Note

Only state

School or Style

French
American

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 170 mm Width 130 mm
Sheet Height 277 mm Width 217 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3-1978
Primary reference Number: 1242
Breeskin: 103
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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