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The Grandmother's Apology: P.1109-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Grandmother's Apology

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 106 mm
Width: 133 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1859-07-16

Note

Cut from Once a Week, 16 July 1859, p.41, illustration to poem by Tennyson

Letterpress 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

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1109-1991
Primary reference Number: 24115

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 13 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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