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"The little ones dance at their mother's knee...": P.1238-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"The little ones dance at their mother's knee..."
The Organ Man

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Publisher: Petter & Galpin
Publisher: Cassell, John

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 1866-06

Note

Cut from The Quiver, June 1866, illustration to The Organ Man, p. 617.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 161 mm Width 119 mm
Sheet Height 251 mm Width 175 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: "The little ones dance at their mother's knee; / The mothers say there is nothing for me."- p. 618.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: JGP
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: C. P. & G. Sc
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Drawn by G. J. PINWELL.]
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1238-1991
Primary reference Number: 25270

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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