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The Grandmother's Apology
Millais, John Everett
(Designer)
Dalziel family
(Printmaker)
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 106 mm
Width: 133 mm
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1991)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
19th century
Production date:
AD 1859-07-16
Cut from Once a Week, 16 July 1859, p.41, illustration to poem by Tennyson
Letterpress verso.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: P.1109-1991
Primary reference Number: 24115
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: CM.117-2009
Accession Number: M.24-1950
Accession Number: PD.210-1961
Accession Number: C.462 & A-1928
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