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The Miners: P.35-2007

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Miners

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Evans, Merlyn Oliver
Printer: Gresham, Kip
Publisher: The Estate of Merlyn Oliver Evans
Printer: The Print Studio, Cambridge

Entities

Categories

Place(s) associated

  • Cambridge (Cambs.)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2007) by The Print Studio, Cambridge

Dating

21st Century
Production date: AD 2006

Note

Edition size 25 (restrikes). Copper plate approx. 2mm thick. Heavy wax coating and tissue wrap removed to reveal oxidation masking bald spot in aquatint centre right (maybe on artist's digit), ink left in deep marks. Very heavy plate, aquatint very deep, wipes back well with scrim. Printed edition: mostly scrim wiped (stiff scrim then washed), polish with tissue, retroussage/edge wipe. Run with hot plate set at 35 degrees. Slight reduction in pressure to reduce possible pleating beacuse of heavy plate. paper dampened then stored in damp book 24 hours prior to printing. Even blotting necessary, 29+ sheet run.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Coloured ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( English Whatman 140lb Ivory hand made paper 1960 - from artist's own store. Torn and deckle edges)
Plate Height 328 mm Width 405 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching : With wide variation in depth of bite.
Aquatint
Colour printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.35-2007
Primary reference Number: 160907
Erskine [Evans]: 35
Evans: 54
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 January 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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