'Off to the Fishing Grounds' (1874-1924)

George Horton

etching on thin paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

'Off to the Fishing Grounds' (1874-1924)

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND) Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

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Physical Object Description:

Two fishing boats side by side, the one at centre with sails, and a third partly seen at right; hilly coast in background; proof. Etching on thin paper. Signed in graphite below image at right 'Horton', and inscribed with the title at left.

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

16 x 20.5 cm

Accession Number:

1924,0209.21

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1924

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1919-24; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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