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The Snowdrop

Mixed Method Print
September 1804 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coloured mezzotint and aquatint, showing crocuses and snowdrops in a snowscape at dawn


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Snowdrop (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
coloured mezzotint and aquatint with some hand-colouring
Brief description
William Ward after Abraham Pether 'The Snowdrop'. Published by Robert Thornton, London, September 1804.
Physical description
Coloured mezzotint and aquatint, showing crocuses and snowdrops in a snowscape at dawn
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Accession number
E.44-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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