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Berthe Morisot: P.47-1978

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Berthe Morisot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Renoir, Pierre Auguste

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Ex-collection Percy Moore Turner, sold Sotheby's 18.12.1951, lot 194. Sotheby, through Marlborough Gallery, 1952, £30

Legal notes

From the collection of the late A.S.F. Gow

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1978-03) by National Art Collections Fund

Dating

1890s
Production date: circa AD 1892

Note

Apparently unique undescribed state before the plate was cut, a blue chalk line indicating the cut

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Blue chalk
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 139 mm Width 184 mm
Sheet Height 200 mm Width 225 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 45
  • Location: Upper right corner
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number
  • Text: 30078
  • Location: Lower right corner
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Number

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.47-1978
Primary reference Number: 8875
Delteil: 4

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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