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"So she took to making skewers for the butchers, but found that trade monopolised.": P.1200-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"So she took to making skewers for the butchers, but found that trade monopolised."
Much work for little pay

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
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 1868-02-01

Note

Cut from Good Words, 1 February 1868, illustration to Much Work for Little Pay, p. 89.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 131 mm Width 113 mm
Sheet Height 236 mm Width 163 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JGP
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: DALZIEL SC
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Good Words, Feb.1, 1868.]
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: MUCH WORK FOR LITTLE PAY.
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 89
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: "So she took to making skewers for the butchers, but found that trade monopolised."- Page 88.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1200-1991
Primary reference Number: 25037

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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