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Death as a Friend: P.1275-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Death as a Friend

Maker(s)

Designer: Rethel, Alfred
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 1871-05-01

Note

From the Sunday Magazine, 1 May 1871, illustration to Death as a Friend, p. 473.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 137 mm Width 125 mm
Sheet Height 261 mm Width 187 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DEATH AS A FRIEND / On the Picture "Der Tod als Freund."
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: AR
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: DALZIEL
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1275-1991
Primary reference Number: 25877

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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