Beggar with a crippled hand leaning on a stick

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Artist/Maker	Smith, Willam James (print-makers) Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist) Cooke, William Bernard (publisher)
Place of origin	London (published)

Etching depicting a figure with a crippled hand leaning on the a stick, facing to the right

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Categories	Copies and Facsimilies Prints
Object type	print
Titles	Beggar with a crippled hand leaning on a stick (published title) Twelve Facsimile Etchings from very rare Originals by Rembrandt Van Ryn in the Cracherode Collection at the British Museum (series title)
Materials and techniques	Etching Paper Printing Ink Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description	Etching by William James Smith, 'Beggar with a crippled hand leaning on a stick', after a work by Rembrandt, from 'Twelve Facsimile Etchings', published by William Bernard Cooke, London, 1824
Physical description	Etching depicting a figure with a crippled hand leaning on the a stick, facing to the right
Dimensions	Print height: 8.9cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue) Print width: 4.1cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue) Volume height: 33.3cm Volume width: 23.7cm Volume depth: 1.3cm
Production type	Copy
Object history	Note: While the term 'crippled' has been used in this record, it has since fallen from usage and is now considered offensive. The term is repeated in this record in its original historical context.
Subjects depicted	Walking Sticks Beggar
Associated object	E.1295:9-1887 (Copy)
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).
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.5070-1903

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O871046/beggar-with-a-crippled-hand-print-smith-willam-james/

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