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Wounded soldier with a sword: P.988-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Wounded soldier with a sword

Maker(s)

Designer: Lawson, John
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

Dating

Production date: AD 1868

Note

Cut from Good Words, 1868.

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 156 mm Width 105 mm
Sheet Height 161 mm Width 109 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.988-1991
Primary reference Number: 22695

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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