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Object Type
print
Museum number
2010,7081.4817
Title
Object:
The Bee's Wing
Description
A man sitting directed to left, smiling and squinting as he examines a glass of port, holding it up with his left hand, the decanter in the other hand; corkscrew and bottle on the table to right; after M W Sharp; open-letter state. 1824 Mezzotint with some etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Henry Dawe
After:
Michael William Sharp
Published by:
William Johnstone White
School/style
British
Production date
1824
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
313 millimetres
(trimmed?)
Width:
243 millimetres
(trimmed?)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From a set of similar prints (2010,7081.4817-4820)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
eating/drinking
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
Funder name
With contribution from:
National Heritage Memorial Fund
With contribution from:
Art Fund
With contribution from:
British Museum Friends
With contribution from:
Friends of Prints and Drawings
With contribution from:
Mrs Charles Wrightsman
With contribution from:
Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date
2010
Acquisition notes
Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2010,7081.4817