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Waiting for Papa: P.1472-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Waiting for Papa

Maker(s)

Designer: Walker, Frederick
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 1868

Note

From The Cornhill Magazine, 1868.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 101 mm Width 157 mm
Sheet Height 144 mm Width 228 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN . SC
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: F W
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: WAITING FOR PAPA.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1472-1991
Primary reference Number: 27652
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

Citation for print

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