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"The living mother bending o'er the cot wherein her babe lay dead!": P.1241-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"The living mother bending o'er the cot wherein her babe lay dead!"
The Burden of the Bells

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Thomas, William Luson

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 1868-05

Note

Cut from The Quiver, May 1868, illustration to The Burden of the Bells, text by D .P. Starkey, p. 585.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 162 mm Width 118 mm
Sheet Height 175 mm Width 130 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JGP
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: W. THOMAS Sc.
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: (Drawn by G. J. PINWELL.)
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1241-1991
Primary reference Number: 25277
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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