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Val St Nicola, Switzerland: P.2104-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Val St Nicola, Switzerland
The continental tourist: views of cities and scenery in Italy, France and Switzerland

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Wallis, Robert
Painter: Harding, James Duffield (After)
Printer: Virtue

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

19th Century
1849 CE - 1850 CE

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( remains of binding along left-hand edge)
Plate Height 322 mm Width 237 mm
Sheet Height 322 mm Width 237 mm

Techniques used in production

Steel engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JDHarding / 1845
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: J. D. HARDING, PAINTER.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: R. WALLIS, ENGRAVER.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: VAL ST. NICOLA; SWITZERLAND.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: PRINTED BY G. VIRTUE.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: LONDON, PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2104-1991
Primary reference Number: 95092
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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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