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Children playing: P.855-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Children playing
Home Thoughts and Home Scenes

Maker(s)

Designer: Houghton, Arthur Boyd
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 1865

Note

Cut from Home Thoughts and Home Scenes, an anthology, 1865

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 145 mm Width 107 mm
Sheet Height 158 mm Width 121 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: AH
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: DALZIEL
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.855-1991
Primary reference Number: 21121
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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