print
- Museum number
- 1872,0511.151
- Title
- Object: Spanish Mendicants
- Description
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A woman at the edge of a pool, with lily-pads and thick foliage hanging over it, her head in her hands, bowed over her knees, a bonnet, letters and an open miniature case beside her and some of the letters floating in the water; after Francis Danby; scratched-letter state on India paper. 1830s
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1830-1850
- Dimensions
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Height: 290 millimetres
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Width: 365 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1821; it is now in the V&A, the gift of John Sheepshanks in 1857.
For comment see the other impression of this plate, 1868,1114.352.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,0511.151