print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.6204
- Description
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The Sisters; two women in late Victorian dress, one sitting on a sofa, showing a medallion to the other, leaning towards her with an arm around her shoulders, while the latter, much younger, stands beside her on the right looking towards the viewer; with a puppy in the foreground; engraver's presentation proof.
Mezzotint on chine collé
- Production date
- 1864-1926
- Dimensions
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Height: 808 millimetres
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Width: 610 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Possibly after Edmund C Coates, though it seems unlikely that the painter would sign his initials incorrectly
- Location
- Not on display
- 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
- 2010,7081.6204
