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The Player and the Listeners: P.980-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Player and the Listeners

Maker(s)

Designer: Lawless, Matthew James
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 1864

Note

Cut from Good Words, 1864, illustration to "The Player and the Listeners", facing p. 169.

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
Sheet Height 104 mm Width 120 mm
Image Height 93 mm Width 109 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DALZIEL Sc
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: MJL . 1863 .
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.980-1991
Primary reference Number: 22671
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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