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Object Type
print
Museum number
1877,0811.1067
Title
Series:
Twelve Facsimile Etchings from very rare Originals by Rembrandt Van Ryn
Description
Beggar with a crippled hand leaning on a stick; copy in same direction after Rembrandt. 1824 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
William James Smith
After:
Rembrandt
Published by:
William Bernard Cooke
School/style
Dutch
British
Production date
1824
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
89 millimetres
Width:
42 millimetres
Curator's comments
This is one from a set of twelve, for comment see 1877,0811.1060. For another impression, see also 2006,U.1028. For the original etching by Rembrandt see 1829,0405.12.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(39)
(Rembrandt; copy)
Hind 1923 / A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings; chronologically arranged and completely illustrated
(79)
(copy undescribed)
White & Boon 1969 / Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue
(166)
(copy described)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
beggar
disabled
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev John Burleigh James
(L.1425)
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale March - May 1877/4731)
Purchased through:
Goupil
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jesse King
Acquisition date
1877
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1877,0811.1067