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A Fisher

Woodcut
late 19th century-mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of a fisher, head and shoulders, facing slightly right; wearing overalls or a smock and a tall felt hat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Fisher (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodcut
Brief description
Portrait, head and shoulders, of a Fisher. Colour woodcut by Sir William Nicholson. Late 19th-mid 20th century.
Physical description
Portrait of a fisher, head and shoulders, facing slightly right; wearing overalls or a smock and a tall felt hat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Width: 10.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Marks and inscriptions
'W. Nicholson' (Signed in pencil)
Credit line
Given by the National Art-Collections Fund. © Desmond Banks
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
  • Oldmeadow, Ernest J. (ed.), "A Fisher." An Engraving by W. Nicholson. (Printed from Four Blocks) in The Dome: a Quarterly containing Examples of All the Arts. London, Midsummer Day, 1897. pp.87-88. Originally published by the arts magazine, The Dome, in 1897, Vol.1, No.2. Published on Midsummer Day (24 June) 1897. The cover of the Dome includes the year in Roman numerals MDCCCXCVII (1897).
Collection
Accession number
E.446-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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