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Illustration for 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' - the elves singing

Maker

(artist)
1865-1918

Title

Illustration for 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' - the elves singing

Date of Production

1883

Medium

graphite, pen and black ink with black ink framing lines on card

Dimensions

Height: 17.3 cm
Width: 20.2 cm

Accession Number

D.2010.XX.32

Mode of Acquisition

The Art Fund, gift, 4.6.2010

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Presented by the Art Fund in 2010.

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






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Provenance

The Art Fund, possibly since the 1960s; Gift of the Art Fund 2010

Exhibition History

Special Display - Characters and Caricatures, Late Victorian Illustration, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/02/2011-08/06/2011

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite, underlined: "Finis".

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