IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225428 accession number: P.14819-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 updated: Monday 7 January 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Etching, engraving and aquatint in brown ink on thin laid paper. Two children mourning the loss of a bird from its cage. The elder child wears a large picture hat and kneels beside the open bird cage. The younger child stands to the right, his/her hand wiping tears from his/her face. Inscription on the verso, handwritten in brown ink: 'Lady D Beauclerks children / N.21046 / private plate'. The hand is that of print collector, Joseph Gulston (1744/45-1786), the 'N.' inventory number identifying it as once part of his print collection. British portrait prints formed the bulk of his enormous collection of around 53,000 prints. A hand-coloured version of this print is in the collection of the British Museum. See: 1867,0309.426. This print was also once owned by Gulston and bears a similar inscription in his hand on the verso, with an 'N.' number that is the next consecutive number to the Fitzwilliam print, i.e. N. 21047. title: print NOTES ----- type: history note value: Ex. Collection, Joseph Gulston LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: unknown STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225428 TECHNIQUES ---------- aquatint TECHNIQUES ---------- engaving TECHNIQUES ---------- etching CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1749 - 1808 creation date earliest: 1749 creation date latest: 1808 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Beauclerk, Diana, Lady