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Man kneeling at a deathbed: P.1570-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Man kneeling at a deathbed

Maker(s)

Designer: Unknown
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 1865

Note

Cut from the Sunday Magazine, 1865. Signed with an unidentified monogram.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 106 mm Width 140 mm
Image Height 95 mm Width 127 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: ?

  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: DALZIEL SC
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1570-1991
Primary reference Number: 28641

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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