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The fair penitent: P.276-1940

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The fair penitent

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Sayer & Bennett

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of Frederic Robert Halsey (1847-1918) [Lugt 1308]

Legal notes

Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, December 1940

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1781

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Were ye, ye Fair, but cautious whom ye trust, Did ye but know how seldom fools are just , so many of your sex wou'd not in vain, Of broken vows & faithless men complain." and "London Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 14, April 1781"'.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.276-1940
Primary reference Number: 206180
Lugt: 1308
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Friday 28 August 2015 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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