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Magenta: P.1108-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Magenta

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
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 1859-07-02

Note

Cut from Once a Week, 2 July 1859, illustration to poem by Tom Taylor, p.10.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 85 mm Width 78 mm
Sheet Height 92 mm Width 86 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DALZIEL SC
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: JM
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: MAGENTA
  • Location: Image upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1108-1991
Primary reference Number: 24113

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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