Belfry steps (first state) (1935)

Robert Sargent Austin

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Old woman climbing spiral staircase in belfry. 1935 Engraving. Signed with initials on plate. Signed, dated: "5th July 1935", titled: "The Bellringer's Wife, No.II" and annotated: "1st state 2 proofs" and "1st proof from plate".

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

16.4 x 11.4 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.31

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), 1936; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Stephen Lewis Courtauld William Plender Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Belfries

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