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Man and Mercury: P.76-1978

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Man and Mercury
A Shropshire Lad

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Parker, Agnes Miller

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1978-04) by Mackley, George

Dating

Production date: AD 1940

Note

One of four wood-engravings printed on a single sheet, illustrations to A.E. Housman, "A Shropshire Lad", 1940, for the poems "The Merry Guide", "The Carpenter's Son", etc.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 255 mm Width 220 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.76-1978
Primary reference Number: 3464

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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