print
- Museum number
- 1921,0614.12
- Title
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Series: Rustic Groups of Figures
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Series: Gavarni's Studies
- Description
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Plate 2: four studies of men and boys: a man in Scottish costume, full-length, standing in profile to right, playing bagpipes outdoors; a young country boy, wearing rustic costume, barefoot, standing facing front, his right hand holding his hat and a stick, his left hand in his jacket pocket; a man's head in profile to right; a country boy wearing a hat, bust to right, his head turned towards the viewer; another country boy in a hat, bust three-quarters to right. 1854
Lithograph, printed using a beige tint stone, with reserved white highlights
- Production date
- 1854
- Dimensions
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Height: 345 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 263 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This lithograph is one of a group of six lithographs (1921,0614,11, 1921,0614.12, 1921,0614.13, 1921,0614.15, 1921,0614.16, and 1921,0614.17), forming the six plates in the series 'Rustic Group of Figures' and accompanied by the original paper covers. A seventh lithograph, another impression of the lithograph used for Plate 4, but printed on a smaller sheet and without lettering, is included in the sequence of Registration Numbers (1921,0614.14) and kept within the paper covers.
The front paper cover has the title, publication details and price on the verso: 'Rustic Groups / Of / Figures. / By / Gavarni. / London: / Published by George Rowney and Company, 51, Rathbone Place. 1854." and at the top right hand corner 'Each Plate 2s.' On the verso are various advertisements for Rowney products, such as desks, pencilling tints and graduated tints. The back cover has further advertisements on the recto and verso, for colours, drawing pencils, and services for mounting, framing and varnshing prints and drawings and for lithographing works, as well as testimonials.
There is a pin hole at the top left and bottom right corners of the printed area.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1921
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1921,0614.12