The Prelude
Maker
After
Charles Sprague Pearce (artist)
1851-1914
(etcher)
1818-1904
(publisher)
Charles Sprague Pearce (artist)
1851-1914
(etcher)
1818-1904
(publisher)
Title
The Prelude
Date of Production
c. 1886
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 29.5 cm
Height: 21.8 cm
Height: 21.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7497
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper right, blue ink: 287C3
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: C. Sprague Pearce, pinxt.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: S. A. Schoff, sculpt.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: THE PRELUDE.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Magazine of Art.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, blue ink: C. Sprague Pearce.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, blue ink: Ex. Cornish Coll
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY 1976
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: C. Sprague Pearce, pinxt.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: S. A. Schoff, sculpt.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: THE PRELUDE.
Inscription: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Magazine of Art.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, blue ink: C. Sprague Pearce.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, blue ink: Ex. Cornish Coll
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY 1976
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
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