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The Letter Woman: P.28-1973

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Letter Woman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dawe, Philip
Publisher: Bowles, Carington
Painter: Morland, Henry Robert (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by S. R. Turner, October 1973

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Turner, S. R.

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1769

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Heny. Morland pinxt." and "Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1769." and "Phil. Dawe fecit" and "Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.28-1973
Primary reference Number: 206201
Chaloner Smith: 16
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 18 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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