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A Bye Canal, Shanghai

Print
circa 1890s (made)
Artist/Maker

Etching illustrating a canal in Shanghai


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Bye Canal, Shanghai (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Mortimer Menpes, 'A Bye Canal, Shanghai', etching
Physical description
Etching illustrating a canal in Shanghai
Dimensions
  • Height: 8 9/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914)
  • Width: 9 3/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed: Mortimer Menpes In pencil: Mortimer Menpes imp.
Credit line
Presented by the Artist, 1913
Object history
One of a collection of 17 original etchings (E.2471 to 87-1913) presented by the artist in 1913.
Place depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1913, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1914
Collection
Accession number
E.2472-1913

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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