Skip to main content

A Florentine joke: P.11906-R(63)

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Florentine joke
The Cornhill Magazine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Leighton, Frederic, Baron (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Holliday, J. R.

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1863

Note

Proof impression of the illustration for the periodical 'The Cornhill Magazine' to George Eliot's 'Romola', October 1862, facing page 450. Block used later for the 1880 publication of the novel, printed on toned India paper.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11906-R(63)
Primary reference Number: 174838
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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 (2024) "A Florentine joke" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/174838 Accessed: 2024-12-22 12:37:16

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/174838 |title=A Florentine joke |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 12:37:16|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-174838

Sign up for updates

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