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Esther's Death from 'The Iceberg': P.1134-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Esther's Death from 'The Iceberg'
Once a Week

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
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

19th Century
Production date: AD 1860

Note

Cut from the periodical 'Once a Week', 13 October 1860, p.435. To illustrate a story by Stewart Harrison. Letterpress verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 101 mm Width 127 mm
Sheet Height 106 mm Width 132 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN Sc
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: JM
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1134-1991
Primary reference Number: 24183

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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