Skip to main content

The Birth of Man: M.D.71

An image of Drawing
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Birth of Man

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Romney, George

Entities

Categories

Description

A trimmed page from a sketchbook.

Measurements and weight

Height: 114 mm
Width: 156 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown by Unknown

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( laid down)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Graphite on paper, laid down on mount

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.D.71
Primary reference Number: 16025

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "The Birth of Man" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/16025 Accessed: 2025-12-11 13:16:11

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/16025 |title=The Birth of Man |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-11 13:16:11|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-16025

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp2/M_D_71.jpg"
        alt="The Birth of Man"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">The Birth of Man</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo