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Woodland scene with a figure gathering wood (Gunton Park): P.12217-R

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Woodland scene with a figure gathering wood (Gunton Park)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Middleton, John (Attributed)

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Legal notes

Assigned the same provenance as the Sandys album (no. 865), which has a Norwich provenance, and in which this etching by John Middleton (and others by him and William Bolding) have been kept.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1917) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1861

Note

Unsigned. Reproduces roughly the central portion of a painting by Middleton of Gunton Park, dated 1849, now in the collections at Norwch.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.12217-R
Primary reference Number: 176250

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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