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Object Type
print
Museum number
Sheepshanks.4928
Title
Series:
Scenes of War
Description
Women restraining two quarelling soldiers; the male figures holding swords; another male figure at centre; from a series of 25 etchings of scenes of fighting and suffering during a war. 1656 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Hans Ulrich Franck
School/style
German
Production date
1656
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
108 millimetres
Width:
140 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
BM has another impression, see 1854,1020.106. See also Curatorial Comment for S.4936.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(22)
Andresen 1864-78 / Der Deutsche Peintre-Graveur ... von dem letzten Drittel des 16 Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18 Jahrhunderts
(V.38.16)
Hämmerle 1923 / Die Radierungen des Hanns Ulrich Franckh, Malers aus Kaufbeuren 1603-1675
(19)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
war
soldier
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Sheepshanks
Acquisition date
1836
Acquisition notes
For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Sheepshanks.4928
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
S.4928