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Man asleep in a field: P.80-1978

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Man asleep in a field
A Shropshire Lad

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Parker, Agnes Miller

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Through the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1978-04) by Mackley, George

Dating

Production date: AD 1940

Note

One of four wood-engravings printed on a single sheet, ilustrations to A.E. Housman, "A Shropshire Lad", 1940.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 252 mm Width 217 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.80-1978
Primary reference Number: 3468

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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