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A Country Girl: P.1261-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Country Girl

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Porter, John
Painter: Greuze, Jean Baptiste (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 178 mm
Width: 128 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1830

Note

Plate No. 12 (?) from the series Specimens of Art.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A COUNTRY GIRL.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: GREUZE. PINXt.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: J. PORTER. SC.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Specimens of Art. Plate 12 [?].
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1261-1991
Primary reference Number: 25488

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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