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"My hand used to be very plump: look at it now.": P.1063-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"My hand used to be very plump: look at it now."
Foul Play

Maker(s)

Designer: Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

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 1868-01-18

Note

Cut from Once a Week, 18 January 1868, illustration to Foul Play, text by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault, p. 57.

Letterpress on verso

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 119 mm Width 189 mm
Sheet Height 165 mm Width 232 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN SC
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: DM
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: Once a Week, Jan. 18, 1868.]
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: See page 55
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: "My hand used to be very plump: look at it now."
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1063-1991
Primary reference Number: 23686

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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