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Crowd at the entrance of a building: P.459-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Crowd at the entrance of a building
Episodes in an obscure life

Maker(s)

Designer: Graham, Thomas Alexander Ferguson
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Entities

Categories

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

Production date: AD 1870-09-01

Note

Cut from the Sunday Magazine, Sept 1, 1870, p. 712

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 138 mm Width 107 mm
Sheet Height 260 mm Width 187 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: TG
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: DALZIEL SC
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Page 705.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.459-1991
Primary reference Number: 20507

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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