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Couple in period costumes, holding hands: P.1569-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Couple in period costumes, holding hands

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett (Attributed to)
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: circa AD 1860

Note

Cut from a magazine (Good Words ?), c. 1860.

Letterpress on verso.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 127 mm Width 77 mm
Sheet Height 133 mm Width 84 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SWAIN
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: John Everett Millais ?

  • Text: JM
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1569-1991
Primary reference Number: 28636
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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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