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Foul Play: P.1065-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Foul Play

Maker(s)

Designer: Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson
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 1868-03-21

Note

Cut from Once a Week, 21 March 1868, illustration to Foul Play, text by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault, p. 247.

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 170 mm Width 120 mm
Sheet Height 233 mm Width 166 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: March 21, 1868.]
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: 247
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: ONCE A WEEK.
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1065-1991
Primary reference Number: 23692
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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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