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Happy Springtime: P.1149-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Happy Springtime

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Millais, John Everett

Entities

Categories

Description

Woman carrying her child, watching a birdnest

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 1860

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Plate Height 255 mm Width 177 mm
Sheet Height 325 mm Width 232 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JM
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: 1860
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1149-1991
Primary reference Number: 24220
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

Citation for print

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