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Old King Dying, The

Maker

(artist)
1836-1875

(engraver)
1800-1899

Title

Old King Dying, The

Date of Production

15/04/1865

Medium

Wood engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.7 cm
Width: 11.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4544

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: In image, recto: lower right, black ink: "HOUGHTON". Sheet, recto: upper margin, black print: "April 15, 1865.] ONCE A WEEK. 463 / THE OLD KING DYING"; lower margin, black print: "I. / THE blinding ... [9 lines of text in two columns] ... lies a-dying."

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