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Two vignettes: a boy and a girl playing with a dog, and a mother with two children by a river: P.2056-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Two vignettes: a boy and a girl playing with a dog, and a mother with two children by a river

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Bowles & Carver

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: circa AD 1794

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 109 mm Width 176 mm
Sheet Height 133 mm Width 200 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BOOK 60.
  • Location: Plate upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 68
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: London Printed for BOWLES & CARVER, No. 69 in St Pauls Church Yard
  • Location: Plate lower left, below the left-hand vignette
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 2
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: 1794
  • Type: Watermark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2056-1991
Primary reference Number: 94917
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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