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"The child seemed the mother, the mother the child.": P.774-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"The child seemed the mother, the mother the child."

Maker(s)

Designer: Green, Charles
Printmaker: Thomas, William Luson

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1868

Note

Cut from the Quiver, 1868

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 149 mm Width 118 mm
Sheet Height 169 mm Width 140 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: CG
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: W. THOMAS. SC
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: (Drawn by Charles Green.)
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: "The child seemed the mother, the mother the child." - p. 610.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.774-1991
Primary reference Number: 20675

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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