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"The next with dirges due in sad array / slow through the church-way path we saw him borne": P.10-1980

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"The next with dirges due in sad array / slow through the church-way path we saw him borne"
Elegy written in a Country Churchyard

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Parker, Agnes Miller

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 190 mm
Width: 161 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1980-06) by Mackley, George

Dating

Production date: AD 1938

Note

3/12

Illustration to Gray's "Elegy written in a country churchyard"

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Dirges due in sad array
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Gray's Elegy
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 3/12
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Edition
  • Text: A. Miller-Parker
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1938
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Date

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.10-1980
Primary reference Number: 6460
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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