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Old woman sleeping

Print
ca. 1800-26 (made)
Artist/Maker
Geddes, Andrew (print-makers)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Etching and drypoint depicting portrait of an old woman sleeping with her head resting in her left hand

Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Scotland
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
print
TitleOld woman sleeping (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Andrew Geddes of 'Old woman sleeping', copy in reverse, after a work by Rembrandt. Great Britain, ca.1800-1826
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting portrait of an old woman sleeping with her head resting in her left hand
Dimensions
  • Height: 8cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 6.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Production typeCopy
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks
Subjects depicted
Woman
Book
Spectacles
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
Other number
13454 - Cancelled number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.300A

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Record createdJanuary 8, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1259590/old-woman-sleeping-print-geddes-andrew/
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