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The Lonely Tower: P.61-2002

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Lonely Tower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Palmer, Samuel
Printer: Bain, Iain
Printmaker: Macbeth-Raeburn, Henry

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2002) by Iain Bain and Robert Jones

Dating

Production date: AD 1879 : Date of plate

Note

Seventh state, one of two trial proofs printed by Iain Bain in 1972 from Palmer's plate (owned by David Gould), which had been restored from its cancelled state by Macbeth Raeburn in the 1920s (an edition of c.30 was finally issued c.1990). The plate is wiped cleaner than is the case in P.60-2002

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Plate Height 189 mm Width 252 mm
Sheet Height 254 mm Width 317 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.61-2002
Primary reference Number: 95957
Lister (Palmer): E12 VII
Alexander (Palmer): 12 III
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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