print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1307
- Description
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A figure lying dead on the ground, a woman kneeling over him, arms raised in panic, while another swoons against a man standing at right, who looks up to the heavens with anguish; after J.J. Barralet, illustration cut from an unidentified publication. 1780
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1780
- Dimensions
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Height: 102 millimetres (image)
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Width: 67 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See also 1878,1109.30
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Acquisition notes
- The BM purchased at the sale from the prints sold in bundles rather than in individual lots. It bought lots 47, 106, 352 and 431 in their entirely. It also made selections from lots 1,2,3,5,11,49,50,75,93,107,108,115,116,162,358. It is not easy from the register to work out which prints belonged to which lot.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1307