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That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine: P.387-1949

Current Location: In storage

Titles

That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sickert, Walter Richard

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1949) by Dodgson, Campbell

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1928 : Published 1928

Note

III/III

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 197 mm Width 148 mm
Sheet Height 263 mm Width 198 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Sickert
  • Location: Image right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Published by Ernest Brown & Phillips at the Leicester Galleries 1928
  • Location: Plate beneath borderline
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: "THAT OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER OF MINE"
  • Location: Plate centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 11/55
  • Location: Left beneath platemark
  • Method of creation: Carbon ink

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.387-1949
Primary reference Number: 31735
Bromberg (Sickert): 218 III/III

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 (2024) "That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31735 Accessed: 2024-04-19 12:29:19

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