Printing Plate
pre 1923 (engraved)
| Artist/Maker |
An engraved copperplate depicting a rural scene with two women and a young girl. In the foreground, one of the women stoops to fetch water from a stream with a wooden bucket tied to a rope. Behind her, the other woman rests against a bank and the young girl reaches her arms around her legs. The figures are by a house which has dead birds hanging from the walls and has woven wooden hurdles and a wooden wheelbarrow in front of it.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraved copperplate |
| Brief description | An engraved copperplate depicting a rural scene with two women and a young girl. In the foreground, one of the women stoops to fetch water from a stream with a wooden bucket. Engraved with the monogram 'FB'. Pre 1923. |
| Physical description | An engraved copperplate depicting a rural scene with two women and a young girl. In the foreground, one of the women stoops to fetch water from a stream with a wooden bucket tied to a rope. Behind her, the other woman rests against a bank and the young girl reaches her arms around her legs. The figures are by a house which has dead birds hanging from the walls and has woven wooden hurdles and a wooden wheelbarrow in front of it. |
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| Production | A monogram 'FB' is cut into the lower-right corner of the image on the plate. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3362-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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