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Poets Involation: P.655-1985

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Titles

Poets Involation
Humble Lovers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fox, Augustus
Painter: Stothard, Thomas (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: AD 1828

Note

Published in The Bijou, 1828, with two other small headpieces after T. Stothard ("The Warriors", "A Village Festival") and one after R. Westall ("Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare").

Two different plates laid on one sheet.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Sheet Height 244 mm Width 211 mm
Plate Height 80 mm Width 96 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Stothard.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Fox
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.655-1985
Primary reference Number: 31808

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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