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The sick boy: P.1404-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The sick boy

Maker(s)

Designer: Staniland, Charles Joseph
Publisher: Petter & Galpin
Publisher: Cassell, John

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 1866

Note

From The Quiver, 1866, illustration to The Deeper Depth (?), p. 569.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 164 mm Width 120 mm
Sheet Height 252 mm Width 173 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: C P & G Sc
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: G J S
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: THE SICK BOY. - See p. 570. / (A Sketch from Life.)
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Drawn by C. J. STANILAND.]
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: [Engraved by CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1404-1991
Primary reference Number: 26890
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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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