print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1867,0413.710
- Description
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two children walking to right, mourning a dead bird, one carrying a garland, the other, the birdcage; vignette; after Stothard; illustration to Gessner's works (London: Cadell & Davies, 1802); vol. 2 page 53; proof.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1802
- Dimensions
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Height: 220 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 147 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Pasted on an album of prints by Cromek donated by his son, numbers 1867,0413.683 to 803. Two hand-written letters from Mary Cromek, the artist's granddaughter are atteached at the front. The prints were gifted with a manuscript catalogue which is kept at the department library (Cd,4.49).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Works of Salomon Gessner
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0413.710