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Couple on the street, by night: P.1146-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Couple on the street, by night
'Mistress and Maid' in Good Words

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
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

19th Century
Production date: AD 1862

Note

Cut from Good Words, March 1862, p.161. Illustration to Dinah Maria Craik (nee Mulock) 'Mistress and Maid. A Household Story'.

Letterpress verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 151 mm Width 113 mm
Sheet Height 161 mm Width 124 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

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1146-1991
Primary reference Number: 24209

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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