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Ship on the sea: P.908-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ship on the sea
At the Back of the North Wind

Maker(s)

Designer: Hughes, Arthur
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

1868-11-01 - 1870-10-01

Note

Illustration to "At the Back of the North Wind", text by George Macdonald, from Good Words for The Young, 1 November 1868 to 1 October 1870.

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 80 mm Width 59 mm
Sheet Height 83 mm Width 80 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.908-1991
Primary reference Number: 21537

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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