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
Materials & techniques note
Stipple engraving
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
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)
