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Sister Edith's probation: P.870-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sister Edith's probation

Maker(s)

Designer: Houghton, Arthur Boyd
Printmaker: Dalziel family

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 1870-07-01

Note

Cut from the Sunday Magazine, July 1, 1870, p. 600

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 150 mm Width 118 mm
Sheet Height 260 mm Width 172 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 200
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: SISTER EDITH'S PROBATION.
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: [Sunday Magazine, July I. 1870.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: A B H
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: DALZIEL
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Page 602.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.870-1991
Primary reference Number: 21323

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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