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The Prelude

Maker

After
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

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

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