The Windmill: P.1599-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Windmill

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Middiman, Samuel
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 203 mm
Width: 263 mm

Relative size of this object

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1771

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

Text: Tho.s Gainsborough R.A. pinx.
Location: Plate lower left
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Text: Sam.l Middiman sculp.
Location: Plate lower right
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1599-1991
Primary reference Number: 28938
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 11
Le Blanc: 83
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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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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Windmill" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/28938 Accessed: 2023-06-09 13:37:14

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/28938
            |title=The Windmill
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-09 13:37:14|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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