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Album title page: P.14342-R-1

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Object information

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Titles

Album title page

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Rock & Co.

Entities

Categories

Description

Personification of music, religion and poesy standing on a cloud and throwing flowers on an open book.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1840 - Circa 1870

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Lithograph

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: ALBUM
  • Location: Plate upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Oh! Tell us not of life's lone way, / When friends like these can cheer; / But rather chase each fear away, / Each cloud that darkens o'er our day, / And dry each starting tear. / Grief owns not such companions three, / Religion, Music, Poesy.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: W. & H. Rock, London
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14342-R-1
Primary reference Number: 206481
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Monday 2 July 2018 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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Album title page" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/206481 Accessed: 2024-04-23 14:44:29

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