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Nine Barrow Down, Isle of Purbeck, looking towards St. Alban's Head: P.1299-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Nine Barrow Down, Isle of Purbeck, looking towards St. Alban's Head

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Robinson, John Charles

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 1872

Note

Etched on the spot, the view reversed in the impression.

Second state, the lines of rain broken up by the burnisher

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 115 mm Width 265 mm
Sheet Height 166 mm Width 313 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: NINE BARROW DOWN, ISLE OF PURBECK, LOOKING TOWARDS St. ALBAN'S HEAD.
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 1872
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: J.C.R.
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: G H Boughton Esp a.r.a from J C Robinson
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1299-1991
Primary reference Number: 26053
Hind (Robinson): 12 II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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