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Object Type
print
Museum number
1895,1214.133
Description
A young woman seated on a chair behind a spinning wheel in profile to right, with head turned to look to front, spinning; wearing a long scarf around her head and over her shoulders, and long-sleeved dress; a hen and three chicks in foreground at right; part of a cage seen hanging on the wall in background to left, and grapevine with grapes in front of a wall at right; engraver's scratched-lettered proof. 1877 Mixed method on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Charles Henry Jeens
Published by:
Colnaghi
Published by:
Grundy & Smith
School/style
British
Production date
1877
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Published in:
Manchester (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
stipple
mixed method
Dimensions
Height:
466 millimetres
Width:
360 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
spinner/spinning
Acquisition name
Exchanged with:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,1214.133