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The Wood Breakers: P.1421-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Wood Breakers
Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Townsend, Henry James
Publisher: The Etching Club

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 1856

Note

Published 1857

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Plate Height 136 mm Width 182 mm
Sheet Height 265 mm Width 363 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: H. J. Townsend 1856
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Henry J. Townsend.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 9.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1421-1991
Primary reference Number: 27356
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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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