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Old woman sleeping

Print
1816 (published)
Artist/Maker
James Bretherton (print-makers)
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
McCreery, John (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

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

Object details

Categories
Prints
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
print
Titles
  • Old woman sleeping (published title)
  • A Collection of Original Etchings (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Etching by James Bretherton, 'Old woman sleeping', after a work by Rembrandt, from a volume comprising a collection of etchings by various artists, published by McCreery, London, 1816
Physical description
Etching depicting portrait of an old woman sleeping with her head resting in her left hand
Dimensions
  • Print height: 6.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Print width: 5.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Volume height: 43.4cm
  • Volume width: 28.1cm
  • Volume depth: 2.9cm
Production typeCopy
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).
  • Taken from the Register of Engravings 12810-13608
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
13617:6

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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