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Guy Griffith: P.1444-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Guy Griffith

Maker(s)

Designer: Walker, Frederick
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

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 1867-06

Note

From The Argosy, June 1867, facing p. 34. Although placed within a story by William MacCall called "The Hermit of Ganting" the illustration does not seem to belong to it. This is a costume piece apparently not known to Gleeson White or Forrest Reid.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 102 mm Width 157 mm
Sheet Height 144 mm Width 227 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN. SC.
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: GUY GRIFFITHS.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: F W
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1444-1991
Primary reference Number: 27508
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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