Skip to main content

A Ghost Story: P.7-2023

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Ghost Story
A Winter’s Tale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Green, Valentine
Opie, John (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Christopher Lennox-Boyd; Grosvenor prints, from whom bought by donor 16 June 2015

Legal notes

Given by Gordon G.F. Dixon, 2023

Measurements and weight

Height: 535 mm
Width: 625 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2023) by Dixon, Gordon

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1785

Note

Proof with scratched lettering

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.7-2023
Primary reference Number: 280286
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 2 February 2021 Updated: Tuesday 20 June 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "A Ghost Story" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/280286 Accessed: 2024-04-19 07:56:18

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/280286 |title=A Ghost Story |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-19 07:56:18|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-280286

More objects and works of art you might like

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...