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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.6896
Title: Object: School
Description: Interior of a schoolroom with a clergyman sitting on the right next to a table, leaning forward and touching the ends of his fingers together as he speaks engagingly to a group of young woman on the left, two wearing mantillas, and a little girl sitting on the floor; another woman wearing an apron, shawl and head-scarf stands by the cleric, holding a cup and saucer; on the walls are portraits of a Spanish man and woman in 17th century dress; after Burgess. 1881 Mixed method mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Richard Josey; After: John Bagnold Burgess; Published by: Henry Graves & Co; Published by: Max Jacoby
School/style: British; American
Production date: 1881
Production place: Published in: London (England); Published in: Washington DC
Materials
Technique: mezzotint; mixed method
Dimensions: Height: 505 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 770 millimetres (trimmed?)
$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: 2010,7081.6896

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