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Boy playing a piccolo in a stable: P.2120-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Boy playing a piccolo in a stable

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Clark, Joseph Benwell (Probably)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: A Chariatte (early 20th century) (Lugt 88a)

Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1880s
1890s
Circa 1880 - After 1894

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( thick paper)
Plate Height 229 mm Width 177 mm
Sheet Height 378 mm Width 285 mm

Techniques used in production

Surface tone
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: JB Clark
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: initials in a rectangle

  • Text: AC
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Stamped red ink
  • Type: Collector's mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2120-1991
Primary reference Number: 95123
Lugt: 88a

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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