A Child and Fruit

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Artist/Maker	Andrew Geddes (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Etching on copper, printed on India paper, depicting a young girl holding an apple. Before letters and with a note by the artist. First state impression before the tree appears in the background.

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Categories	Prints Portraits Children & Childhood Scotland
Object type	Print
Titles	A Child and Fruit (generic title) A child with an apple, a portrait of the artist's neice, Agnes Paul Geddes (later Mrs David Allester) (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Etching on copper, printed on India paper India Paper Ink Etching Printing
Brief description	Etching by A. Geddes depicting a child with an apple, a portrait of the artist's neice, Agnes Paul Geddes (later Mrs David Allester). Great Britain, ca. 1826.
Physical description	Etching on copper, printed on India paper, depicting a young girl holding an apple. Before letters and with a note by the artist. First state impression before the tree appears in the background.
Dimensions	Height: 6.25in Width: 5.25in Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Marks and inscriptions	Sketch from the Picture of a Child painted by me. A. G. (Inscribed by the artist)
Credit line	Given by John Sheepshanks
Subjects depicted	Portrait Children Apple
Other number	13382 - Cancelled number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	FA.276A

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Record created	January 4, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1259387/a-child-and-fruit-print-andrew-geddes/

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