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The Fruit Bearers: P.495-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Fruit Bearers
The Savoy, No. I

Maker(s)

Designer: Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent

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Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

1890s
Production date: AD 1896

Note

Illustration to "Under the Hill" by Aubrey Beardsley, Chapter III, on p.167 of The Savoy, No. I, January 1896, edited by Arthur Symons and published by Leonard Smithers, London.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 185 mm Width 130 mm
Sheet Height 250 mm Width 185 mm

Techniques used in production

Line block

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.495-1991
Primary reference Number: 18310

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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