print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.6461
- Title
- Object: Charity Begins at Home
- Description
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A child standing by a table spread with cake, fruit and wine, holding a piece of cake, looking resentfully at a dog which approaches from the right and nudges the child's shoulder, while two other dogs stand looking hopeful on the left; doll, book and cushion in the foreground; after Barber; artists' proof. 1884
Mixed method on chine collé
- Production date
- 1884
- Dimensions
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Height: 602 millimetres
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Width: 737 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Declared to the Printsellers' Association
The Lennox-Boyd database records a later state, with the title in open letters, publication line below the image, dedication to the owner of the original, Mrs. William Hogg, and 'Painted by C. Burton Barber. // Engraved by W.T. Davey. // Printed by J. Brooker.'
- 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
- 2010,7081.6461
