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Object Type
print
Museum number
2010,7081.6545
Description
Gilbert à Becket and the Saracen Maiden; a crusader in prison, sitting in the right foreground and looking up gratefully at a young woman in oriental dress, who looks furtively over her shoulder while a black man kneels down to unchain the prisoner; another woman keeps look-out by a barred window in the background to left; after Casey; with production details only. 1852 Mixed method on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
William Carlos
After:
John Archibald Casey
Published by:
Mary Parkes
Printed by:
W Hatton
School/style
British
Production date
1852
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mixed method
Dimensions
Height:
652 millimetres
Width:
553 millimetres
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Curator's comments
The Lennox-Boyd database records also a state with artists' names added: 'Painted by H.H. Emmerson. // Engraved by J.J. Chant.'
Location
Not on display
Subjects
prison
black
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
2010,7081.6545