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An old man reading a ballad: P.5749-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

An old man reading a ballad

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Okey, Samuel
Painter: Reynolds, Joshua (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1876) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1787

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.5749-R
Primary reference Number: 166371
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "An old man reading a ballad" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166371 Accessed: 2024-04-28 01:10:51

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/166371 |title=An old man reading a ballad |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-28 01:10:51|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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