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Hassan: P.2044-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Hassan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Taylor, Charles (printmaker)
Painter: Shelley, Samuel (After)
Publisher: Taylor, C

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1788-02

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Bistre-coloured ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Plate Height 177 mm Width 128 mm
Sheet Height 183 mm Width 135 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Stipple

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Shelley pinxt
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Taylor sculpt.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: HASSAN.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: What if the Lion in his rage I meet; -
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: London, Published Feby,, 1st; 1788, by C.Taylor No. 10 near Castle Street, Holborn.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2044-1991
Primary reference Number: 94857
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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