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My Friend's Wedding Day: P.1263-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

My Friend's Wedding Day

Maker(s)

Designer: Poynter, Edward John
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 1863-01-24

Note

From Once a Week, 24 January 1863, illustration to My Friend's Wedding Day, p. 113.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 101 mm Width 127 mm
Sheet Height 240 mm Width 160 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: M FRIEND'S WEDDING DAY.
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: EJP
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: SWAIN
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1263-1991
Primary reference Number: 25767
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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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