FDA-E.3054-2018
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3054-2018
Object type
Identification
Title
A Girl Reading a Letter
Title Type
assigned by artist
Comments
This print was published by The Medici Society, London.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 655mm
width (frame): 520mm
height (sight size): 550mm
width (sight size): 415mm
width (frame): 520mm
height (sight size): 550mm
width (sight size): 415mm
Inscription
Handwritten label in blue biro: 'PRESENTED BY / PROVOST C.H.K. MARTEN / to ETON COLLEGE / to be hung in Schoolrooms. / Dec 1948'
Printed label on verso of frame, with lettering: 'THE MEDICI SOCIETY LTD. / By Appointment / 7 GRAFTON STREET, BOND ST., W.I / 63 BOLD STREET, LIVERPOOL, 121 OLD CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, / & PRINCE'S STREET, HARROGATE'
Printed label on verso of frame, with lettering: '[The Medici Prints, 1921 - No. Flemish 39] Copyright / A Girl Reading a Letter, after the painting in oils upon / canavs by Jan Vermeer van Delft, (dimensions 32 3/4 x / 25 1/2 ins.), No. 1336, The Royal Gallery, Dresden. / Published by The Medici Socity, Ltd. / 7, Grafton St., London, W.I, 63, Bold St., Liverpool / & 755, Boylston St., Boston, U.S.A.'
Handwritten on verso of frame, in white chalk: '[ilegible] / 492'
Printed label on verso of frame, with lettering: 'THE MEDICI SOCIETY LTD. / By Appointment / 7 GRAFTON STREET, BOND ST., W.I / 63 BOLD STREET, LIVERPOOL, 121 OLD CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, / & PRINCE'S STREET, HARROGATE'
Printed label on verso of frame, with lettering: '[The Medici Prints, 1921 - No. Flemish 39] Copyright / A Girl Reading a Letter, after the painting in oils upon / canavs by Jan Vermeer van Delft, (dimensions 32 3/4 x / 25 1/2 ins.), No. 1336, The Royal Gallery, Dresden. / Published by The Medici Socity, Ltd. / 7, Grafton St., London, W.I, 63, Bold St., Liverpool / & 755, Boylston St., Boston, U.S.A.'
Handwritten on verso of frame, in white chalk: '[ilegible] / 492'
Materials & techniques note
Coloured photogravure
Production
Person
Vermeer, Johannes, 1632 - 1675 (Source artist)
Organisation
The Medici Society Ltd. (Publisher)
Date
mid 20th century
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Sir (Clarence) Henry Kennett Marten (1872–1948; Provost 1945–49); by whom presented to Eton College in December 1948
