The Bellringer's wife (1935)

Robert Sargent Austin

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Old woman with key descending wooden stairs. 1935 Engraving. Signed with initials on plate. Signed, dated, titled and annotated: "1st state 4 proofs".

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

15.1 x 10.6 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.29

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, for the Prints and Drawings Fund, with the aid of Stephen Courtauld (1883-1967), Lord Plender (1861-1946) and Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948), 1935; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London Stephen Lewis Courtauld

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