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You'd Be Surprised: P.5-1957

Current Location: In storage

Titles

You'd Be Surprised

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sickert, Walter Richard

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1957) by Howarth, W.

Dating

1928 - 1929

Note

IV/IV

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 300 mm Width 116 mm
Sheet Height 337 mm Width 199 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Sickert
  • Location: Image lower left above borderline
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Published by Ernest Brown & Phillips at the Leicester Galleries 1929
  • Location: Plate beneath borderline
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: "YOU'D BE SURPRISED"
  • Location: Plate centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 6/75
  • Location: Left beneath platemark
  • Method of creation: Carbon ink

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.5-1957
Primary reference Number: 31736
Bromberg (Sickert): 220 IV/IV

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) "You'd Be Surprised" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31736 Accessed: 2024-04-18 05:12:45

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