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The First Day of Oysters

Maker

(artist)
1829-1901

(engraver)
1819-1884

Title

The First Day of Oysters

Date of Production

1863

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.2 cm
Width: 24.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5518

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 Clermont (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : G. SMITH, PINXT. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Art Journal, 1863. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : THE FIRST DAY OF OYSTERS. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : FROM THE COLLECTION OF WM. BASHALL, ESQR. PRESTON. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : G. GREATBACH, SCULPT. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : W. Bashall Coll. / Preston //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right margin & recto : Witt Library stamp : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower left corner & verso : : M //

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