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Dead Man's Message, A

Maker

(artist)
1836-1875

(engraver)
1800-1899

Title

Dead Man's Message, A

Date of Production

25/08/1866

Medium

Wood engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 11.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4547

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

Keywords















Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sheet, recto: upper margin, black print: "Once a Week, Aug. 25, 1866.] A DEAD MAN'S MESSAGE. 211"; lower margin, black print: "But food and wine... [22 lines of text in two columns] ... but God."; left lower margin, pencil: "Houghton".

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