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Landscape with two mills in the background: P.1582-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Landscape with two mills in the background
Aqua Pictura

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Varley, John
Draughtsman: Young, James (After)
Publisher: Hassell, John

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1812-08-01

Note

From Aqua Pictura, Illustrated by a Series of Original Specimens from the Works of...all the Most Approved Water Coloured [sic] Draftsmen, with their Style and Method of Touch, in Progressive Examples, by John Hassell, London: for the Author, 1812.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Green ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 151 mm Width 225 mm
Sheet Height 158 mm Width 231 mm

Techniques used in production

Aquatint

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: J.V
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Initials
  • Text: From an original drawing by J. Young in the possession of the proprietor / of this Work.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: London, Pub. Aug. 1 1812 by J. Hassell, No. 11, Clements inn.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1582-1991
Primary reference Number: 28761
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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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