print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.6569
- Title
- Object: What are the Wild Waves Saying (Paul and Florence Dombey)
- Description
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A young girl and a boy in a pram, in late Victorian dress, on a sea-shore looking out to left, watching the waves; a fisherman sitting a little way off, town and boats in the background, and a picture book and the boy's hat in the right foreground; after Nicholls. 1881
Mixed method mezzotint
- Production date
- 1881
- Dimensions
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Height: 553 millimetres
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Width: 698 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Declared to the Printsellers' Association
The Lennox-Boyd database records other states:
(i) with the publication line only, above the image, citing an impression signed by the artists
(ii) with the production details only, below the image
(iii) with the title in italics, verses, and production details
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Dombey and Son
- 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
- 2010,7081.6569
