Not on display

Pity

Print
c. 1867 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
McQueen & Co (printers)
Lemon, Henry (engravers)
Le Jeune, Henry (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Print depicting three girls tending to a robin in the snow.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Children & Childhood
Object type
Print
TitlePity (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
'Pity', engraving by Henry Lemon after H. Le Jeune, British, 1867
Physical description
Print depicting three girls tending to a robin in the snow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.5in (Note: taken from departmental object record)
  • Width: 23.75in (Note: taken from departmental object record)
Object history
This print was the Art Union engraving for 1867.
Subjects depicted
Children
Robin
Association
Art Union
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
19547

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1110268/pity-print-lemon-henry/
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