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The Last Man

Maker

After
(artist)
1786-1869

(printmaker)
1810-1840

Title

The Last Man

Date of Production

c. 1835-40

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 22.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7774

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

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: George Jones R.A.

Inscription: recto: lower right, printmaker: J. Rogers.

Inscription: recto: lower centre, title: THE LAST MAN.

Stamp: recto: stamped in purple, lower right: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.

Stamp: recto: stamped in blue: lower left: M.

Stamp: recto: stamped in black, upper right, provenance: WITT / LIBRARY.

Label: recto: applied label, handwritten in blue ink, lower centre, artist: George Jones.

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