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"Was it not a lie?": P.1081-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

"Was it not a lie?"
Framley Parsonage

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Entities

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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

1860s
Production date: AD 1860-06

Note

Cut from The Cornhill Magazine, June 1860, illustration to Framley Parsonage, text by Anthony Trollope, facing p. 691.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 167 mm Width 111 mm
Sheet Height 215 mm Width 138 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DALZIEL SC
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: JM
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: "WAS IT NOT A LIE?"
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1081-1991
Primary reference Number: 23945

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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