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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1891,0713.42
Title
Object:
The Age of Innocence
Description
A little girl sitting on the ground at the foot of a birch-tree, with a bow in her hair, her hands joined in front of her, looking up curiously to the right; after Reynolds (Mannings 2008); artist's proof. 1874 Mixed method on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Samuel Cousins
After:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Published by:
Thomas Miller McLean
Published by:
Colnaghi
School/style
British
Production date
1878
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mixed method
Dimensions
Height:
480 millimetres
Width:
380 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Whitman 1904 / Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Samuel Cousins
(226.iii)
Hamilton 1884 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Exchanged with:
Henry Graves & Co
Acquisition date
1891
Acquisition notes
1891,0713.18 to 45 were exchanged with Henry Graves & Co in return for duplicate impressions of prints by Charles Turner
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1891,0713.42