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Man fishing, with a tower and house behind: outline and shaded versions: P.2060-1991.f.6

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Man fishing, with a tower and house behind: outline and shaded versions
A drawing book of landskips with outlines

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Sayer, Robert

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
Circa 1760 CE - 1780 CE

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Medium (verso) composed of paint ( blotches of paint on verso?)
Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 69 mm Width 199 mm
Sheet Height 83 mm Width 228 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 6
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: a sheep

  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Graffiti

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2060-1991.f.6
Primary reference Number: 94937
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 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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