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Dark Gordon's Bride: P.1118-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Dark Gordon's Bride

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
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 1860-08-25 : Signed 1859

Note

Cut from Once a Week, 25 August 1860, illustration to poem by B.S. Montgomery, p. 238.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 130 mm Width 70 mm
Sheet Height 137 mm Width 77 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: JM 1859
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1118-1991
Primary reference Number: 24138

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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