Skip to main content

Soldier and servant hiding in an attic: P.777-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Soldier and servant hiding in an attic

Maker(s)

Designer: Green, Charles
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

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

Note

Cut from a magazine

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 112 mm Width 126 mm
Sheet Height 120 mm Width 133 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN SC.
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: CG
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.777-1991
Primary reference Number: 20689

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Soldier and servant hiding in an attic" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/20689 Accessed: 2024-04-18 17:40:02

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/20689 |title=Soldier and servant hiding in an attic |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 17:40:02|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-20689

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Print

The servant hiding his one talent in a pit

Accession Number: 24.I.6-258

An image of Drawing

Study of a man-servant, seen from behind

Accession Number: 1980

An image of Painting

Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place for their letters

Accession Number: M.Add.8

An image of Print

Pamela shows Mr Williams a hiding place for their letters

Accession Number: P.21-1979

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: Snowy Landscape at Eragny - Christmas card pack

Snowy Landscape at Eragny - Christmas card pack

£7.00

Featured image for the project: Evening Landscape with Sheep - Christmas card pack

Evening Landscape with Sheep - Christmas card pack

£6.00

Featured image for the project: Autumn Landscape - Art print

Autumn Landscape - Art print

£30.00

Featured image for the project: Snowy landscape at Eragny - Art print

Snowy landscape at Eragny - Art print

£30.00

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: Sunrise in a Landscape

Sunrise in a Landscape

Featured image for the project: Landscape in the Haute-Savoie, with an Artist working in the Open Air

Landscape in the Haute-Savoie, with an Artist working in the Open Air

Featured image for the project: Sunset in a Landscape

Sunset in a Landscape

Featured image for the project: Grotto in a Rocky Landscape

Grotto in a Rocky Landscape

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo