print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.4840
- Description
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The Milkmaid's song: A young milkmaid stands to the right, an older woman seated behind her, while two men, leaning against a tree to the right, look at the milkmaid; a bucket of milk to the left and cows grazing on the background; after Absolon; proof illustration to page 78 of Walton's 'The Compleat Angler' (London, 1844).
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1844 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 215 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Compleat Angler (1844)
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.4840