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- Museum number
- 2010,7081.6962
- Title
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Object: Pertinacity
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Series: Specimens of Art
- Description
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A simple interior, where a young woman is sitting smiling as she listens to a young man sitting beside her, one hand at his breast, while an older man leaning on the back of her chair gestures to right, towards another young woman outside who carries a burden on her head; to the left is a glass and bottle in an alcove; to the right is a spinning wheel, tapestry frame and jug; after Clater; plate 27 from Specimens of Art. 1831
Mezzotint and etching
- Production date
- 1831
- Dimensions
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Height: 285 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Width: 218 millimetres (trimmed?)
- $Inscriptions
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- 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
- 2010,7081.6962