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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.5964
Title: Object: My Neighbour
Description: A young woman standing in a doorway, wearing a lacy scarf over her head, with a set of keys hanging from her waist, cutting a slice of bread from a loaf for a boy in tattered clothes, who stands outside in the snow, drinking greedily from a bowl, while a little girl clings to her mother's apron, watching him, fascinated; after Edwards; open-letter state. 1877 Mixed method
Producer name: Print made by: Joseph Bishop Pratt; After: Mary Ellen Edwards; Published by: Pilgeram & Lefèvre; Published by: Knoedler & Co; Printed by: J Brooker & Co
School/style: British; American
Production date: 1877
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: New York (city); Published in: Washington (state)
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 748 millimetres; Width: 483 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Declared to the Printsellers' Association.
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
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: 2010,7081.5964

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