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Per horse-power per hour, Whitby Harbour.

Print
1880-1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mezzotint of a harbour in a seaside Yorkshire town.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePer horse-power per hour, Whitby Harbour. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper.
Brief description
Mezzotint by Sir Frank Short entitled "Per horse-power per hour, Whitby Harbour". Great Britain, ca. 1880-1919. Proof on parchment.
Physical description
Mezzotint of a harbour in a seaside Yorkshire town.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 6 7/8in (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)
  • Plate width: 9 3/4in (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)
  • Mezzo. surface height: 5 11/16in (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)
  • Mezzo. surface width: 8 11/16in (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)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 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)
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.1802-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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