FDA-E.1279-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1279-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Lesbia or The Dead Bird
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Other number
SW 47
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 263mm
width (actual size): 223mm
width (actual size): 223mm
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil 'Girl with dead bird' on front, and 'Lesbia or The Dead Bird' on back
Inscription description
Collector's stamp 'GWS', very faded
Production
Person
Date
c.18th century
Note
No production information on print
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Hamilton, E., A Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., from 1755 to 1822, London: P&D Colnaghi and Co., 1884 (p. 152)
