Aylmerton, Norfolk

Heseltine, John Postle (printmaker)

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Title/s

Aylmerton, Norfolk (assigned title)

Maker/s

Heseltine, John Postle (printmaker) British artist, 1843-1929

Category

print

Name

print

School/Style

British

Technique/s

etching

Material/s

black carbon ink (Medium)
Japanese paper (Support)

Dimensions

plate height: 150 mm
plate width: 226 mm
sheet height: 244 mm
sheet width: 293 mm

Date

circa 1868

Provenance

bequeathed: Reitlinger, Henry Scipio 1991 (Prints bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio)

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Inscriptions/Marks

1. Position: image upper left
   Type:
   Method: printed
   Content: Whatever hurts my country's fame / When wits and mountaineers deride / To me grows serious, for I name / My native streams and plains with pride. / Bloomfield.
   
2. Position: image lower left
   Type: title
   Method: printed
   Content: Aylmerton / Norfolk
   
3. Position: image lower right
   Type: signature
   Method: printed
   Content: J.P. Heseltine
   
4. Position: image lower right
   Type: date
   Method: printed
   Content: 1868 [?]
   

Accession Number

P.804-1991 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 20977; Input Date: 2001-02-12 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)