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A Silver Tide

Print
1912 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Aquatint of a coastal scene with a high tide.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Silver Tide (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Aquatint on paper.
Brief description
Aquatint by Sir Frank Short, "A Silver Tide." Great Britain, ca. 1880-1919.
Physical description
Aquatint of a coastal scene with a high tide.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5 15/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 9in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed S (on shield) In pencil Frank Short. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Presented by the Artist, in memory of his son, Captain Francis Leslie Short, who died on Active Service, June 3, 1916.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
E.2556-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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