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The Eft

Maker

After
(artist)
1820-1904

(printmaker)
active 1867 (Life dates)

(printmaker)
1812-1892

Title

The Eft

Date of Production

19th century

Medium

etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 32 cm
Width: 22.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7790

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

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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

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

Inscription: Recto: lower left, typed: H. LE JEUNE, A.R.A. PINX.T.

Inscription: Recto: lower right: J. STANCLIFFE AND L. STOCKS, A.R.A. SCULP.T.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower centre: THE EFT. / FROM THE PICTURE IN THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE SIMPSON, ESQ. WRAY PARK, REIGATE..

Stamp: Recto: lower centre, stamped in purple: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION, / 1926..

Inscription: Recto, lower centre: London Virtue & Co..

Stamp: Verso: lower right, stamped in black: M.

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