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The Painter's two Daughters, Mary and Margaret

Print
1906-1907 (made)
Artist/Maker

Print, signed and dated within the design 'Nat Sparks 1906' and signed in pencil below and dated 'Nathaniel Sparks 1907'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Painter's two Daughters, Mary and Margaret (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Print by Nathaniel Sparks after Gainsborough depicting the painter's two daughters, Mary and Margaret Gainsborough. Great Britain, printed 1906-7.
Physical description
Print, signed and dated within the design 'Nat Sparks 1906' and signed in pencil below and dated 'Nathaniel Sparks 1907'.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 185mm
  • Image width: 288mm
  • Platemark height: 248mm
  • Platemark width: 326mm
  • Sheet height: 315mm
  • Sheet width: 406mm
25.08 x 32.70 mm: Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO 1964
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Nat Sparks 1906' (Signed and dated within the design)
  • 'Nathanial Sparks 1907' (Signed in pencil below and dated)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Accession number
E.23084-1957

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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