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Death Dealing Arrows: P.1130-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Death Dealing Arrows

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Unknown

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

19th Century
Production date: AD 1868-01-25

Note

Cut from Once a Week, 25 January 1868, p. 79.

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 138 mm Width 89 mm
Sheet Height 232 mm Width 165 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JM
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: Once a Week.]
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: [Jan. 25, 1868.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: DEATH DEALING ARROWS. / BY / J. E. MILLAIS, R.A.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1130-1991
Primary reference Number: 24170
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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