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"How it all happened.": P.864-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"How it all happened."

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 1868-08-01

Note

Cut from Good Words, Aug. 1 1868, p. 484.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 112 mm Width 161 mm
Sheet Height 163 mm Width 236 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Good Words.]
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: [August 1, 1868.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: AHoughton
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: DALZIEL Sc
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: "HOW IT ALL HAPPENED."
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Page 484.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.864-1991
Primary reference Number: 21307
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

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